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Chinese symbol for “promotion”

升格
shēng gé
promotion; upgrade

The closest CC-CEDICT match for promotion is 升格 (shēng gé), defined as: promotion; upgrade.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

升 shēng
to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
radical 24 ⼗ · 4 strokes
格 gé
form, pattern, standard
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “promotion”

WordPinyinMeaning
推广 (推廣)tuī guǎngto extend; to spread
强打 (強打)qiáng dǎpromotion (for a product); advertisement
高迁 (高遷)gāo qiānpromotion (honorific)
广告宣传 (廣告宣傳)guǎng gào xuān chuánadvertising; publicity; promotion
晋级 (晉級)jìn jíto advance in rank; promotion

Related words

Other words that share a character with 升格.

WordPinyinMeaning
提升tí shēngto promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist
升级 (升級)shēng jíto go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity)
上升shàng shēngto rise; to go up
直升机 (直升機)zhí shēng jīhelicopter; measure word: 架 (jià)
晋升 (晉升)jìn shēngto promote to a higher position
价格 (價格)jià géprice
资格 (資格)zī géqualifications; seniority
风格 (風格)fēng géstyle

See also: Japanese symbol for “promotion”.

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.