A kanji
上
above, up
- 3 strokes
- Taught in grade 1 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 35 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
ジョウ、ショウ、シャン
Kun'yomi
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
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 上 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 上 51 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 4 words
JLPT N4 · 6 words
JLPT N3 · 11 words
- 取り上げるとりあげるto take up, to pick up; to confiscate
- 上うわupper, outer, surface
- 目上めうえperson of higher status; one's senior
- 持ち上げるもちあげるto raise, to lift up, to flatter
- 上京じょうきょうproceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
- 上達じょうたつimprovement, advance
- 上等じょうとうfirst class, very good
- 立ち上がるたちあがるto stand up
- 頂上ちょうじょうtop, summit, peak
- 上るのぼるto ascend, to go up, to climb
- 上司じょうしone's superior
JLPT N2 · 11 words
- 出来上がるできあがるto be finished, to be ready
- 見上げるみあげるto look up at, to admire
- 仕上がるしあがるto be finished
- 上下じょうげhigh and low, up and down
- 上級じょうきゅうadvanced level, high grade, senior
- 上旬じょうじゅんfirst 10 days of month
- 上品じょうひんrefined, elegant, well-mannered
- 売上うりあげamount sold, proceeds
- 上～うわ～upper ~
- 上りのぼりup-train (going to Tokyo), ascent
- 出来上がりできあがりbe finished, ready
JLPT N1 · 19 words
- 仕上げるしあげるto finish up, to complete
- 上回るうわまわるto exceed
- 盛り上がるもりあがるto rouse, to swell, to rise
- 参上さんじょうcalling on, visiting
- 身の上みのうえone's future, one's welfare, one's personal history
- お手上げおてあげgiven in, given up hope
- 向上こうじょうrise, improvement, progress
- 仕上がりしあがりfinish, end, completion
- 仕上しあげend, finishing touches
- 途上とじょうen/in route, half way
- 上がりあがりascent; income; completion, stop
- 上位じょういsuperior, higher order
- 上演じょうえんart performance
- 上空じょうくうsky, high-altitude sky, upper air
- 上昇じょうしょうrising, ascending, climbing
- 上陸じょうりくlanding, disembarkation
- 真上まうえjust above, right overhead
- 読み上げるよみあげるto read out loud (and clearly), to call a roll
- 引き上げるひきあげるto withdraw, to leave, to pull out
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 上.
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