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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)
Practice writing
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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
- —史上初first in history
- —上方婚hypergamy; marriage into a higher social or financial class
- —編上靴(lace-up) military boots
- —上映館movie theater showing a (particular) movie; cinema showing a film
- —都合上as a matter of convenience; for the sake of convenience; in view of the circumstances
- —低浮上not being very active (on social media); rarely checking in
- —進上物gift; present
- —政治上political; politically; from a political point of view
- —未上場unlisted (on the stock exchange); non-public (company, etc.)
- —理論上theoretically; in theory; theoretical
- —中の上above average
- —机上版desk-sized edition (of a dictionary); desk dictionary
- —増上慢overconfidence; someone who is overconfident; wrongly believing to have attained enlightenment
- —馬上像equestrian statue
- —長口上long-winded speech
- —上位陣top-ranked players; leaders; frontrunners
- —それ以上further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
- —泣き上戸maudlin drinker; person who is prone to crying when drunk
- —形而上学metaphysics
- —見かけ上apparent