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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
- —上座部Sthaviravada (early Buddhist movement)
- —上顎骨maxilla; upper jawbone
- —統計上statistical
- —上級財superior goods
- —水上機hydroplane; seaplane
- —上新粉top-grade rice flour made from non-glutinous rice
- —臨床上clinical
- —想像上imaginary
- —上気道upper respiratory tract; upper airway
- —名目上nominal; in name (only)
- —上層水surface water (depth: 0-200 meters)
- —経営上administrative; managerial; operational
- —上棟祭ridgepole-raising ceremony
- —画面上on-screen
- —最上位highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
- —上位語hypernym; hyperonym
- —上位層upper level; upper layer
- —上下限bounds
- —上下列chain
- —上限値upper bound; upper value