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
- —上体おこしsit-up (exercise)
- —友だち以上more than a friend (implies a degree of intimacy)
- —行き掛り上by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances
- —上咽頭がんepipharyngeal cancer; epiglottal carcinoma
- —上咽頭ガンepipharyngeal cancer; epiglottal carcinoma
- —上下さかさまupside down
- —２部上場企業Second Section company (on the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
- —上体をおこすto straighten up; to sit upright
- —行き掛かり上by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances
- —扁平上皮がんsquamous cell carcinoma; SCC
- —扁平上皮ガンsquamous cell carcinoma; SCC
- —赤マル急上昇sudden increase (e.g. in ranking, popularity or sales); rapid rise (e.g. to fame or power)
- —俎上に載せるto put (a topic) up for debate; to lay on the table for consideration; to take up (a subject) for discussion
- —上代特殊仮名遣special kana usage rules of the Nara period
- —進行性核上性まひprogressive supranuclear palsy; PSP
- —友だち以上恋人未満more than friends, less than lovers
- —超伝導磁気浮上式鉄道superconducting maglev train
- —鞍上人無く鞍下馬無しriding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one