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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
- —上下両院upper and lower houses of parliament
- —陸上輸送overland transport; land carriage
- —屋上緑化rooftop gardening; rooftop planting; roof greening
- —献上菓子high-quality confectionary made using white sugar (Muromachi period)
- —俎上の鯉someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board
- —卓上遊戯tabletop game
- —上部組織umbrella organization; umbrella group
- —頭上注意Watch Your Head
- —角膜上皮corneal epithelium
- —氷上釣りice fishing
- —非常上告extraordinary appeal (to the Supreme Court); emergency appeal
- —上後鋸筋serratus posterior superior muscle
- —最上恒産Saijō Kōsan (consortium)
- —上智大学Sophia University
- —上武大学Jōbu University
- —上越本線Jōetsu Main Line
- —人間以上More Than Human (1953 novel by Theodore Sturgeon)
- —至上命題absolute priority; supreme imperative; highest priority task; most pressing issue
- —至上課題absolute priority; supreme imperative; highest priority task; most pressing issue
- —机上の空論armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea