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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

上 in its shell and bone form is an ideogram (指事) that shows the concept of up by showing one line above another (contrast ). The shell and bone form evolved into 上, the character used today.

上 上 上 上
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

[edit] Han character

(radical 1 +2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 卜一 (YM), four-corner 21100, composition)

  1. (prep) above, over
  2. (adj) last, former, prior
  3. (adj) above, higher
  4. (v) go up, send up

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(Yale seung5, seung6)


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(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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[edit] Etymology 1

upe > uɸe > uwe > ue. See uwa.

[edit] Noun

(hiragana うえ, romaji ue, historical hiragana うへ)

  1. the above
  2. the top (position, or direction)

[edit] Etymology 2

upa > uɸa > uwa. See uwe.

[edit] Noun

(hiragana うわ, romaji uwa, historical hiragana うは)

  1. upper, over

[edit] Etymology 3

/kami1/ *[kami] > /kami/ [kami].

[edit] Noun

(hiragana かみ, romaji kami)

  1. the start
  2. a high place; the top
  3. one with a high rank

[edit] Etymology 4

/zyau/ > /zyoː/ [dʑoː]

[edit] Noun

(hiragana じょう, romaji , historical hiragana じやう)

  1. first volume in a two- or three-volume set

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(hiragana じょう, romaji -jō)

  1. from the standpoint of
  2. aboard (a plane or ship)
  3. above, in, on

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Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: sang, McCune-Reischauer: sang)
  • Name (hangeul):  (revised: wit, McCune-Reischauer: wit)

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[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin shàng (shang4), shǎng (shang3), Wade-Giles shang4)

  1. 耶和华说,谁告诉你赤身露体呢?莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗?
    Yēhéhuá shuō , shuí gàosu nǐ chìshēnlòutǐ ne , mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfu nǐ bùkĕ chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzi ma .
    And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

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[edit] Hanzi

(POJ siōng (siong7), siāng (siang7), chiūⁿ (chiuⁿ7), chhiūⁿ (chhiuⁿ7))


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(thượng)

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