上

Glyph origin

 * a line above another (contrast ) — up. Originally written as, but changed to this form to prevent confusion with.

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, (STEDT).

 rimes indicate occasional level tone for pronunciation 2.

Pronunciation 1 is the exopassive of pronunciation 2 with suffix *-s, literally meaning "what has been raised". The rising tone in Middle Chinese words with voiced stop initials regularly evolves into departing tone in Mandarin; pronunciation 3 results from, which artificially preserves classical poetry rhyming words' pronunciations.

Definitions

 * 1) upper part; high position; up
 * 2)  emperor
 * 3) on; above
 * 4) superior; senior; top
 * 5) preceding; previous; last; former
 * 6) first of several (usually two or three) partitions
 * 7) within; in; from the standpoint of; according to
 * 8)  most; extremely
 * 1) first of several (usually two or three) partitions
 * 2) within; in; from the standpoint of; according to
 * 3)  most; extremely
 * 1) first of several (usually two or three) partitions
 * 2) within; in; from the standpoint of; according to
 * 3)  most; extremely
 * 1) within; in; from the standpoint of; according to
 * 2)  most; extremely
 * 1)  most; extremely
 * 1)  most; extremely
 * 1)  most; extremely
 * 1)  most; extremely
 * 1)  most; extremely

Definitions

 * 1) to go up; to ascend
 * 2) to charge; to advance
 * 3) to go to; to leave for (a place) (usually to a more developed place)
 * 4) to board; to get on
 * 5) to serve; to present; to offer
 * 6) to attend (class, work)
 * 7) to enter (a field); to appear (on stage, TV)
 * 8) to fit; to install; to apply
 * 9) to screw; to tighten, to twist
 * 10) to connect to; browse (a website)
 * 11)  to go north
 * 12)  to pull upwards or hang with a rope
 * 13)  to grow and attach
 * 14)  to pile up
 * 15)  to fuck; to have intercourse (usually with a female)
 * 16) 7th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "ascension" (𝌌)
 * 17)  chow; to call a discarded tile to produce a chow
 * 1) to connect to; browse (a website)
 * 2)  to go north
 * 3)  to pull upwards or hang with a rope
 * 4)  to grow and attach
 * 5)  to pile up
 * 6)  to fuck; to have intercourse (usually with a female)
 * 7) 7th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "ascension" (𝌌)
 * 8)  chow; to call a discarded tile to produce a chow
 * 1)  to grow and attach
 * 2)  to pile up
 * 3)  to fuck; to have intercourse (usually with a female)
 * 4) 7th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "ascension" (𝌌)
 * 5)  chow; to call a discarded tile to produce a chow
 * 1) 7th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "ascension" (𝌌)
 * 2)  chow; to call a discarded tile to produce a chow
 * 1) 7th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "ascension" (𝌌)
 * 2)  chow; to call a discarded tile to produce a chow

Usage notes

 * When playing mahjong in Cantonese, a player may say this word as a call when forming a chowing another player's discard

Definitions

 * 1)   rising tone in Chinese phonetics

Kanji

 * 1) above, high, up
 * 2) earlier
 * 3) excellent, top
 * 4) certain time or place in the past
 * 5) limit
 * 6) climb, rise
 * 7) offer
 * 8) go to the center
 * 9) raise, bring up
 * 10) one of the  of

Etymology 1
→ →  →  →  →

From, from.

Unbound apophonic form of uwa, ancient upa (see below).

Noun

 * 1) the above
 * 2) the top
 * 3) the surface of
 * 4) superior in skill, age, level, etc.
 * 1) the surface of
 * 2) superior in skill, age, level, etc.
 * 1) superior in skill, age, level, etc.

Antonyms
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Idioms
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Suffix

 * 1) suffix addressing to a superior

Etymology 2
→ →

From. The combining form of ue, ancient upe (see above).

Noun

 * 1) upper, over

Proper noun

 * 1) a place name

Etymology 3
→ → * →  →

Short-form of or shift from ue, ancient upe (see above). Realized as -e in some compounds.

Usage notes
The senses are the same with ue.

Etymology 4
→ * →

From. Already apparent in ancient texts such as the ' (c. 712 ) and the ' (c. 759 ).

Distinct from.

Noun

 * 1) the start
 * 2) a high place; the top
 * 3) one with higher rank

Antonyms
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Idioms
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Proper noun

 * 1) a place name

Etymology 5
→ →

Contraction of. Spelled in ancient works as prior to the development of the  kana.

Noun

 * 1)  Same as  above

Usage notes
Generally only found when followed by the genitive / possessive particles or.

Proper noun

 * 1) a place name

Etymology 6
→ →

From.

Pronunciation

 * Pitch accent for suffix unknown.

Noun

 * 1) the first volume in a two- or three-volume set

Suffix

 * 1) from the standpoint of...
 * 2) aboard a plane, ship, etc.
 * 3) above, in, on
 * 1) aboard a plane, ship, etc.
 * 2) above, in, on