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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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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. top; superior, highest
  2. go up, send up

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 76, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13
  • Dae Jaweon: page 145, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 5, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4E0A

[edit] Cantonese

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(Yale seung5, seung6)


[edit] Japanese

[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

kami

[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 kanji)

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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), Wade-Giles shang4)

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[edit] Hanzi

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


[edit] Vietnamese

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(thượng)