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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

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

Han character [edit]

(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

References [edit]


Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale seung5, seung6)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

upe > uɸe > uwe > ue.

Noun [edit]

(hiragana うえ, romaji ue, historical hiragana うへ)

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

Compounds [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

upa > uɸa > uwa.

Noun [edit]

(hiragana うわ, romaji uwa, historical hiragana うは)

  1. upper, over

Compounds [edit]

Etymology 3 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

(hiragana かみ, romaji kami)

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

Etymology 4 [edit]

/zyau/ > /zyoː/ [dʑoː]

Noun [edit]

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

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

Compounds [edit]

Suffix [edit]

(hiragana じょう, romaji -jō)

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

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

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

References [edit]


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

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

  1. 莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗?
    Mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfu nǐ bùkĕ chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzi ma?
    Have you eaten from the tree, from which I commanded you that you should not eat?

Antonyms [edit]

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Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

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


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(thượng)