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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
- —経済性向上more economical
- —上位互換性downward compatibility; backward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatibility; forward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.
- —上級管理職upper management
- —上級副社長senior vice president
- —上陸用舟艇landing craft
- —後引き上戸insatiable drinker
- —水上生活者person who lives on the water
- —水上飛行機hydroplane; seaplane
- —上級裁判所superior court
- —山上の垂訓the Sermon on the Mount
- —海上輸送路marine transportation routes
- —業務上過失(professional) negligence
- —地上波放送terrestrial broadcasting; ground-wave broadcasting
- —業務上横領corporate embezzlement
- —地上標定機(artillery) theodolite
- —上下逆さまupside down
- —路上生活者homeless people (living on the street)
- —上座部仏教Theravada Buddhism
- —梁上の君子thief; mouse
- —水上スキーwater skiing