上 : Above

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Components:

卜一

above, up

On 'yomi:

ジョウ(jou) ショウ(shou) シャン(shan)

Kun 'yomi:

うえ(ue) -うえ(ue) うわ-(uwā) かみ(kami) あ.げる(a.geru) -あ.げる(a.geru) あ.がる(a.garu) -あ.がる(a.garu) あ.がり(a.gari) -あ.がり(a.gari) のぼ.る(nobo.ru) のぼ.り(nobo.ri) のぼ.せる(nobo.seru) のぼ.す(nobo.su) たてまつ.る(tatematsu.ru)

Nanori:

あおい(aoi) あげ(age) い(i) か(ka) かき(kaki) かず(kazu) かん(kan) こう(kou) のぼり(nobori) ほつ(hotsu)

Strokes:	3
Radical:	一 (1)
Usage Rating:	35

JLPT:	N5
old JLPT:	4
Grade:	1

Unicode:	04e0a
jis208:	30-69

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上 Usage examples

雲上人(うんじょうびと)	the nobility
雲の上(くものうえ)	something unreachable, place of out of reach
掻き上げ(かきあげ) 掻上(かきあげ) 掻上げ(かきあげ)	turning up a lamp wick
腰上げ(こしあげ)	tuck at the waist
叩き上げ(たたきあげ) たたき上げ(たたきあげ)	self-made person, veteran
立ち上がり(たちあがり) 立上り(たちあがり) 立ち上り(たちあがり) 立上がり(たちあがり)	how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game, beginning, build up
食い上げ(くいあげ)	(in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook
雪上(せつじょう)	on the snow
刈り上げ(かりあげ)	close-cropped hair, harvesting
染め上がり(そめあがり)	being dyed
縫い上げる(ぬいあげる)	to finish sewing
でっち上げる(でっちあげる) 捏ち上げる(でっちあげる) 捏っち上げる(でっちあげる)	to cobble up, to put together in a hurry, to make up (a story), to hoax, to pull a hoax
追い上げる(おいあげる)	to gain on, to put pressure on
照り上がる(てりあがる)	to become bright with sunlight following a shower
焼き上げる(やきあげる)	to burn, to roast, to grill, to bake
絞り上げる(しぼりあげる) 搾り上げる(しぼりあげる)	to scold, to wring
洗い上げる(あらいあげる)	to finish washing, to wash well, to investigate thoroughly
祭り上げる(まつりあげる) 祭上げる(まつりあげる)	to set up (in high position), to kick upstairs
槍玉に上げる(やりだまにあげる) やり玉に上げる(やりだまにあげる)	to make an example of, to make a victim of, to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule, to single out someone for criticism
競り上げる(せりあげる) 競上げる(せりあげる)	to bid up the price of
仕立て上げる(したてあげる)	to make out to be, to set someone up (as), to prepare (e.g. someone for a role), to make (e.g. "a man out of him"), to frame
繰り上がる(くりあがる) 繰上がる(くりあがる) 繰り上る(くりあがる) 繰上る(くりあがる)	to be carried (of a number in addition), to be advanced
経上がる(へあがる)	to rise
振り上げる(ふりあげる)	to raise overhead
掻き上げる(かきあげる) かき上げる(かきあげる)	to comb upwards, to brush up (a loose strand of hair)
立ち上る(たちのぼる) 立上る(たちのぼる)	to go up, to rise up
染め上げる(そめあげる)	to finish dyeing
呼び上げる(よびあげる)	to call out
咳き上げる(せきあげる)	to have a coughing fit, to sob convulsively
腕が上がる(うでがあがる)	to gain in skill, to improve, to get better
上げたり下げたり(あげたりさげたり)	raising and lowering, praising and blaming
上からの命令(うえからのめいれい)	order from above
上の級に進む(うえのきゅうにすすむ)	to move up to a higher grade
上の子(うえのこ)	the older child
上の地位(うえのちい)	higher position
上を向く(うえをむく)	to look upward
噂に上る(うわさにのぼる)	to be gossiped about