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Kanji Detail for 上 - "above, up, rise"

  • Meaning

    上 means "above, up, rise."

    1. To rise - To go up; to ascend; to move from low to high.

    2. Above - Higher in position, status, value, or age; superior.

    3. Earlier - The earlier part in time, order, or sequence.

    4. To offer - To present; to dedicate; to submit.

    5. To go up - To proceed toward the center.

    6. Landlady - A man's wife; the female master of a house.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    above; up

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    top; superior, highest; go up, send up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The opposite of 下 (below). When distinguishing position, order, or quality between two things or two ends of something, this word is used. Such as upper part/lower part, volume one/volume two, upper class/lower class. | In ancient times, the monarch was called 上. The Records of the Grand Historian has "Basic Annals of the Current Emperor." Sima Qian was a person of Emperor Wu's time, so he called Emperor Wu "the current emperor." | Those of lower status all address superiors as 上. | To ascend. To go upward from below. | To present; to submit. To offer something to superiors. Such as 上書 (submit a memorial), 上表 (present a petition). | Character pronunciation is divided into four tones: level, rising, departing, and entering. The rising tone is pronounced high and forcefully.
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