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The kanji 上: meaning, readings and stroke order

上

Meaning
up, above
On reading
ジョウ jou、ショウ* shou
Kun reading
うえ ue、うわ* uwa、かみ kami、あ(げる) ageru、あ(がる) agaru、のぼ(る) noboru、のぼ(せる) noboseru、のぼ(す) nobosu
Strokes
3
Radical
一 one
Level
Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Stroke order of 上, 3 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
trên, đi lên (thượng)
Japanese
うえ。あがる。
Korean
위, 오르다 (상)
Chinese
上面、上去

Readings, words and example sentences

ジョウ jou · on reading

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

うえ ue · kun reading

かみ kami · kun reading

あ(げる) ageru · kun reading

あ(がる) agaru · kun reading

のぼ(る) noboru · kun reading

のぼ(せる) noboseru · kun reading · less common

のぼ(す) nobosu · kun reading · less common

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

Practise writing 上 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 上 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.