| 昇 | [ shēng ] variant of 升[sheng1], to ascend, to rise in rank |
| 昇值 | [ shēng zhí ] to rise in value, to appreciate |
| 昇空 | [ shēng kōng ] to rise to the sky, to lift off, to levitate, liftoff |
| 昇調 | [ shēng ] rising tone (phonetics, e.g. on a question in English) |
| 昇降 | [ shēng jiàng ] rising and falling |
| 昇高 | [ shēng gaō ] to raise, to ascend |
| ⇒ 上昇 | [ shàng shēng ] to rise, to go up, to ascend |
| ⇒ 冉冉上昇 | [ rǎn rǎn shàng shēng ] to ascend slowly |
| ⇒ 提昇 | [ tí shēng ] to promote, to upgrade |
| ⇒ 畢昇 | [ bì shēng ] Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type |
| ⇒ 金烏西墜，玉兔東昇 | [ jīn wū xī zhuì yù tù dōng shēng ] lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east, fig. at sunset |
| ⇒ 韓昇洙 | [ hán shēng zhū ] Han Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009 |
| ⇒ 飛昇 | [ feī shēng ] to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success), to take off, to soar (of prices) |