Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese
昇
“sun”
昇 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Noboru.
Meaning & origin
昇’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 昇 can be written in the Roman alphabet as NOBORU.
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Spellings & scripts 2
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named 昇
- Bi Shenginventor and printer (990-1052)1000–1051
- Hong ShengQing dynasty person CBDB = 654461645–1704
- Ming Shengson of Yuan emperor, Goryeo & Joseon citizen (1355 ~ 1396)1356–1393
- Noboru ShimizuJapanese baseball playerborn 1996
Characters named 昇: Gao Sheng (the Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
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