Kanji1 / 3
上 kanji
above, up
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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
- —上程introducing (a bill); presentation; departure on a journey
- —溯上going upstream; swimming upstream
- —上鶲Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- —上篇first volume (of two or three); first part
- —案の上as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
- —泣上戸maudlin drinker; person who is prone to crying when drunk
- —下剋上juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
- —逃口上excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
- —上糝粉top-grade rice flour made from non-glutinous rice
- —糞上司asshole boss; arsehole boss
- —見掛け上apparent
- —口上書きverbal note (notes verbale); written statement
- —上等手段one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
- —上品振るto give oneself airs; to be prudish
- —上下逆様upside down
- —車上荒しvehicle burglary; theft from a vehicle; stealing valuables from an unattended car; person who steals from a vehicle
- —くそ上司asshole boss; arsehole boss
- —中上級者intermediate-upper student; intermediate-upper learner
- —俎上之鯉someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board
- —車上ねらいvehicle burglary; theft from a vehicle; stealing valuables from an unattended car