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Chinese symbol for “upturn”

上升趋势
shàng shēng qū shì
Traditional: 上升趨勢
an upturn; an upward trend

The closest CC-CEDICT match for upturn is 上升趋势 (shàng shēng qū shì), defined as: an upturn; an upward trend.

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
趋 qū
to hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted to
radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes
势 shì
power, force; tendency, attitude
radical 19 ⼒ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 上升趋势.

WordPinyinMeaning
以上yǐ shàngthat level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned
晚上wǎn shangevening; night
身上shēn shangon the body; at hand
加上jiā shàngto add; plus; in addition; moreover
上面shàng miànon top of; above-mentioned
实际上 (實際上)shí jì shàngin fact; in reality
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)
趋势 (趨勢)qū shìtrend; tendency
优势 (優勢)yōu shìsuperiority; dominance

See also: Japanese symbol for “upturn”.

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.