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Translingual[edit]
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Phonosemantic interpretation[edit]
Old Chinese Initial /*t-/ lends semantic value Straight. Final consonant /*-ng/ lends semantic value Extension. Ideogram showing one line above another, suggesting the idea of rising above. Source: Howell & Morimoto
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 下). The shell and bone form evolved into 上, the character used today.
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
Han character[edit]
上 (radical 1 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 卜一 (YM), four-corner 21100, composition ⿱卜一)
References[edit]
- 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
Cantonese[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
上 (Yale seung5, seung6)
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
Readings[edit]
- Goon: じょう (jō) < じやう (zyau)
- Kan’on: しょう (shō) < しやう (shau)
- Kun: うえ (ue) < うへ (uhe), うわ (uwa) < うは (uha), かみ (kami), あげる (上げる, ageru), あがる (上がる, agaru), のぼる (上る, noboru), のぼす (上す, nobosu), のぼせる (上せる, noboseru)
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
upe > uɸe > uwe > ue.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
上 (hiragana うえ, romaji ue, historical hiragana うへ)
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
upa > uɸa > uwa.
Noun[edit]
上 (hiragana うわ, romaji uwa, historical hiragana うは)
- upper, over
Compounds[edit]
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Etymology 3[edit]
/kami1/ *[kami] > /kami/ [kami].
Noun[edit]
- the start
- a high place; the top
- one with a high rank
Etymology 4[edit]
/zyau/ > /zyoː/ [dʑoː]
Noun[edit]
上 (hiragana じょう, romaji jō, historical hiragana じやう)
Compounds[edit]
Suffix[edit]
- from the standpoint of
- aboard (a plane or ship)
- above, in, on
Compounds[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
上
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 상 (revised: sang, McCune-Reischauer: sang)
- Name (hangeul): 윗 (revised: wit, McCune-Reischauer: wit)
References[edit]
Mandarin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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audio (file)
Hanzi[edit]
上 (pinyin shàng (shang4), shǎng (shang3), Wade-Giles shang4)
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- 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]
Compounds[edit]
Middle Chinese[edit]
Han character[edit]
上 (*zhiɑ̀ng zhiɑ̀ng zhiɑ̌ng)
Min Nan[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
上 (POJ siōng (siong7), siāng (siang7), chiūⁿ (chiuⁿ7), chhiūⁿ (chhiuⁿ7))
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
上 (thượng)
