升

to ascend / to rise to the rank of / to promote / to hoist / liter / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]

variant of 升[sheng1]

variant of 升[sheng1]

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

hands joined

to rise / to go up / to ascend

liter

an upturn / an upward trend

global warming

to ascend slowly

deciliter

rising (sun, moon etc)

(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)

lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

upside / potential to rise