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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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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
- —効率向上improvement in efficiency
- —今上陛下His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
- —史上最大greatest ... in history
- —磁気浮上maglev; magnetic levitation
- —笑い上戸merry drinker; one who laughs easily
- —上位構造higher structure
- —上院議員member of the upper house; senator
- —上下水道water and sewer services
- —上級曹長sergeant major
- —上昇気流ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
- —上昇限度ceiling (in aviation)
- —上層階級upper classes; high society
- —上層気流upper air currents
- —上層建築superstructure; upper stories
- —上等兵曹chief petty officer
- —上部構造superstructure
- —上流社会upper classes
- —水上警察Coast Guard
- —切り口上stiff formality; set terms
- —卓上電話desk phone