TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
升
ㄕㄥ · shēng
verb — to rise, ascend; to promote; noun — a measure (liter, peck)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
升形rendered bare — a ladle with grain in its bowl
A long-handled ladle, a dot of grain caught in its bowl as it tips up — a dry measure dipped and raised. From the lifting scoop: to rise, 上升、升起; and to be raised in rank, 升職、升級. The measure stays in 公升.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一把長柄勺（升），勺裡一粒穀，往上一舀——升起來了。
A long-handled ladle (升), a grain in its bowl, tipped upward — and it rises.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)升、斗升— a dry measure常用
→上升、升起— to rise, ascend常用
⇒升職、升級— to be promoted, upgraded
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
斗dǒuthe bigger measure it grew from — 斗 is the full ladle; adds the stroke for the smaller scoop and the lifting昇＝ 日 ＋ shēngthe daylight twin — 昇 caps with the sun 日 for the sun's rising; same word, narrowed