上声

See also: 上聲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 上声 – see 上聲. (This term is the simplified form of 上聲).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	声
じょう Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
上聲 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
上	声
じょう Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
上聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Middle Chinese 上聲

Noun

上(じょう)声(しょう) or 上(じょう)声(せい) • (jōshō or jōsei) ^{←じやうしやう (zyausyau) or じやうせい (zyausei)?}

1. (Chinese phonetics) the rising tone (one of the 仄声 (sokusei, “oblique tones”) among the 四声 (shisei, “four tones”) of Middle Chinese)

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
	平仄(ひょうそく) (hyōsoku)		平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō)		仄声(そくせい) (sokusei)
	四声(しせい) (shisei) 平上去入(ひょうじょうきょにゅう) (hyōjōkyonyū)		平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō)		上声(じょうしょう) (jōshō)		去声(きょしょう) (kyoshō)		入声(にっしょう) (nisshō)
[Term?]	[Term?]		꜀◌		꜂◌		◌꜄		◌꜆
	[Term?]		◌〪		◌〫		◌〬		◌〭
	[Term?]		∅		◌〯		◌〮		∅
	[Term?]		[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]
	[Term?]	[Term?]
[Term?]	[Term?]		꜀◌	꜁◌	꜂◌	꜃◌	◌꜄	◌꜅	◌꜆	◌꜇

The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
四声(しせい) (shisei)	第一声(だいいっせい) (daīssei)		第二声(だいにせい) (dainisei)		第三声(だいさんせい) (daisansei)		第四声(だいよんせい) (daiyonsei)		軽声(けいせい) (keisei)

References

• “上声”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026