Chinese symbol for “upside”

上升空间

shàng shēng kōng jiān

Traditional: 上升空間

upside; potential to rise

The closest CC-CEDICT match for upside is 上升空间 (shàng shēng kōng jiān), defined as: upside; potential to rise.

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

上 shàng

above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes

升 shēng

to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise

radical 24 ⼗ · 4 strokes

空 kōng

hollow, empty, deserted, bare

radical 116 ⽳ · 8 strokes

间 jiān

between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality

radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

間 jiān

Related words

Other words that share a character with 上升空间.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
以上	yǐ shàng	that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned
晚上	wǎn shang	evening; night
身上	shēn shang	on the body; at hand
加上	jiā shàng	to add; plus; in addition; moreover
上面	shàng miàn	on top of; above-mentioned
实际上 (實際上)	shí jì shàng	in fact; in reality
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)
空间 (空間)	kōng jiān	space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
时间 (時間)	shí jiān	(concept of) time; (duration of) time

See also: Japanese symbol for “upside”.

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.