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上 kanji
above, up
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
ジョウショウシャン
Kun readings
うえ-うえうわ-かみあげる-あげるあがる-あがるあがり-あがりのぼるのぼりのぼせるのぼすたてまつる
Variant forms
丄Words with 上
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —機上aboard an aeroplane (airplane)
- —長上one's elders or superiors
- —聖上the Emperor; His Majesty the Emperor
- —進上giving; presenting
- —雪上on the snow
- —上刻first third of a two-hour period
- —上巳Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival
- —上声rising tone (in Chinese); (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone
- —上進progress; advance
- —上布high-quality plain-woven hemp cloth
- —線上on a line; on the borderline (between); on the verge (of); on the brink (of); on the point (of)
- —上忍Ninja clan master; highest-ranking ninja
- —船上on board a ship; aboard a ship
- —特上first class plus; extra special
- —氷上on (the) ice
- —鞍上on top of a saddle
- —上冬tenth month of the lunar calendar
- —上合superior conjunction
- —上目superorder
- —上科superfamily