Chinese symbol for “liftoff”
升空
shēng kōng
to rise to the sky; to lift off; to levitate; liftoff
The closest CC-CEDICT match for liftoff is 升空 (shēng kōng), defined as: to rise to the sky; to lift off; to levitate; liftoff.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 升空.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提升 | tí shēng | to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist |
| 升级 (升級) | shēng jí | to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity) |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise; to go up |
| 直升机 (直升機) | zhí shēng jī | helicopter; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 晋升 (晉升) | jìn shēng | to promote to a higher position |
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.