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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
- —上弦の月first quarter moon; waxing half-moon
- —女性上位female dominance; female supremacy
- —男性上位male dominance; male supremacy
- —肛門上皮anal epithelium
- —上半身裸naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless
- —列王記上Kings I (book of the Bible)
- —歴代誌上Chronicles I (book of the Bible)
- —上陸許可entry permission (to a country); landing permission; shore leave
- —上大静脈superior vena cava
- —無上命法categorical imperative
- —上部字幕surtitle; supertitle
- —上場銘柄listed issue; listed brand
- —机上検査desk checking
- —上位機種high-end equipment
- —上位互換downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.; providing the same function while being more effective (esp. in games)
- —上位参照superior reference
- —卓上出版desktop publishing; DTP
- —物価上昇price increase; prise rise
- —先行上映advance(d) screening (of a movie)
- —上位文化high culture