Usage of the character 昇
shēng
昇
[昇]
- (used as a surname and in given names)
shēng
升
[昇]
- variant of 升 (shēng)
Bì Shēng
毕昇
[畢昇]
- Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type
Hán Shēngzhū
韩昇洙
[韓昇洙]
- Han Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009
jīnwūxīzhuì,yùtùdōngshēng
金乌西坠，玉兔东升
[金烏西墜，玉兔東昇]
- lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east
- fig. at sunset