上 – Kanji details

Keyword

above

Info

Frequency	Top 100
Type	Kyōiku (1st grade) ?
Kanken	Level 10
Heisig	50
Readings	あ (38%) じょう (33%) うえ (20%) う (2%) うわ (2%) のぼ (1%)
	かみしょうあがこうあげかがみぼあがりのほつ

Composed of

⺊

divining rod

一

one

Mnemonic

A pictograph of a magical divining rod hovering above the ground.

Do not confuse it with 下, which also features a magical levitating divining rod, however that one is crooked, so it's incorrectly hovering right below the ceiling instead of doing it properly above the ground like this one is.

Used in kanji (7 in total)

stop

uncle

family relative

mountain pass

Used in vocabulary (2178 in total)

上うえ

above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

以い上じょう

not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned

上あげる

to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)

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Examples (200 in total)

世せ界かいには４０００以い上じょうの言こと葉ばがある。

There are more than 4000 languages in the world.

世せ界かいには１５０以い上じょうの国くにがある。

There are more than 150 nations in the world.

15年ねん以い上じょう教おしえてます。

I have been teaching for over 15 years.

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