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HSK 3 · Increase & Decrease

上升

shàng shēng

to rise

Stroke order of 上升

2 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

上 · 3 strokes升 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

Up (上) and rising like a measure lifting (升) shows going up.

Parts: 上 up + 升 rise

The characters in 上升

  • 上 shàng — up; on; above (3 strokes)
  • 升 shēng — to rise; to promote; liter (4 strokes)

Example sentence

天气温度在上升。

The temperature is rising.

Words with 上

上午morning (before noon)早上early morning晚上evening楼上upstairs上学to go to school上课to attend class上班to go to work身上on the body; on (one)上网to go online网上online上车to get on (a vehicle)车上in the car; on the bus路上on the way上up; on; above上边above; top地上on the ground关上to close; to turn off上次last time

Words with 升

升to rise; to promote; liter

More words: Increase & Decrease

增加to increase增长to grow; growth升to rise; to promote; liter加快to speed up加强to strengthen补充to add; to supplement补to make up for; to mend缺to lack缺少to lack; shortage失去to lose消失to disappear浪费to waste节约to save; to economize存to store; to deposit保存to keep; to save

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