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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
- —宮古上布high quality hemp cloth from Miyakojima (Okinawa prefecture)
- —上皮細胞epithelial cell
- —精上皮腫seminoma
- —発展途上developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
- —海面上昇sea level rise; rise in sea level
- —上腕動脈brachial artery; arteria brachialis
- —上段の間room with a raised floor
- —海上輸送marine transport; carriage by sea
- —上生菓子high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)
- —史上最悪worst-ever; history's worst
- —新聞紙上the press; (in the) newspapers
- —上陸休暇shore leave
- —太上天皇abdicated emperor
- —異節上目Xenarthra (superorder comprising anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos)
- —車上狙いvehicle burglary; theft from a vehicle; stealing valuables from an unattended car
- —地上配備land-based (missiles, etc.)
- —上前頭回superior frontal gyrus
- —地上飼育floor feeding
- —ヒト上科Hominoidea (superfamily of apes and humans)
- —上層方言acrolect