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 <WL>升 [shēng] 公升 liter (毫升 ‘milliliter’); 上升 rise/raise, 攀升 climb up; 升旗 raise a flag; 晋升 promote; (卦名) ䷭ Pushing Upward; (姓)
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-The primary meaning is ‘liter’, one tenth of a 斗 dǒu. Like 斗(􂠜𤣫) dǒu, 升(􂠬𦫵) shēng depicted some kind of a measuring cup or ladle (the Seal form of 升 adds a stroke to 斗).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 升(􂠬𦫵斘) shēng depicted a ‘measuring cup/ladle’; the Seal form adds a curved stroke to 斗(􂠜𤣫) dǒu ‘ladle/dipper’ (cf. 斗).
-	The character 升(􂠬𦫵) ‘measuring vessel; measure of volume’ was also borrowed for the word shēng ‘rise/climb’, which happened to sound the same; variant forms for shēng ‘rise’ are 昇 and 陞.
+	The character 升(􂠬𦫵) shēng ‘measuring cup/ladle’ was also used for ‘raise/promote’, and for the word also written 昇/陞 shēng ‘rise/climb’.
 	HDZ: 升 : shēng : 上升 (升旗, 升学, 升官); 登, 上 (登上); 成熟; 进献, 进奉; (古) 供祭祀的牲体, 在鼎; (古) (量具), (单位) 十合 (DYC: 合龠爲合; 十合爲升; 十升爲斗; 十斗爲斛; 而五量嘉矣); 市升; 公升; (卦名) ䷭ 升: 登; (姓)
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