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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
- —上宮building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground
- —上音overtone
- —上市going on the market; placing on the market
- —上寿100th birthday
- —上通conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers
- —楼上on top of a tall building; balcony; upper floor
- —上焦upper jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine); upper burner
- —上首chief; leader; guide
- —上編first volume (of two or three); first part
- —上綱superclass; top-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs
- —崖上cliff top
- —嶺上mountain top; summit
- —上階floor above; floor upstairs
- —上木publication; wood-block printing; canopy (trees)
- —上士high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period)
- —橋上(on the) bridge
- —盤上on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
- —上元15th day of the 1st lunar month
- —上葉upper lobe (of lung); superior lobe
- —上面top (side); surface