See also:
U+4E0A, 上
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E0A

[U+4E09]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E0B]

Translingual

Stroke order
3 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 1, +2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 卜一 (YM), four-corner 21100, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 76, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13
  • Dae Jaweon: page 145, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 5, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4E0A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Libian (compiled in Qing) Kangxi Dictionary (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Clerical script Ming typeface





References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogram (指事) : a line above another (contrast (xià)) — up. Originally written as 𠄞, but changed to this form to prevent confusion with (èr).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
alternative forms ancient
𠄞
Min Nan “most”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (top). Cognate with Tibetan སྟེང (steng), Tibetan ཡང་རྩེ (yang rtse, summit; pinnacle) (Bodman, 1980), Mizo zo (to be high), zah (to respect; to revere) (STEDT).

Shijing rimes indicate occasional level tone for pronunciation 2 (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1 is the exopassive of pronunciation 2 with suffix *-s, literally meaning "what has been raised" (Schuessler, 2007). The rising tone in Middle Chinese words with voiced stop initials regularly evolves into departing tone in Mandarin; pronunciation 3 results from 叶韻叶韵 (xiéyùn), which artificially preserves classical poetry rhyming words' pronunciations.

Pronunciation 1


Note: Xiamen siāng - only used for “most”.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: zion7 / ziên7 / siang6
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiōⁿ / tsiēⁿ / siăng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕĩõ¹¹/, /t͡ɕĩẽ¹¹/, /ɕiaŋ³⁵/
Note:
  • zion7/ziên7 - vernacular (“upper part; up; on; above; in”);
  • siang6 - literary (“superior; most”).
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wugniu: 6zaon
      • Wiktionary Romanisation: 3zaan
      • Sinological IPA (key): /zɑ̃²³/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: shan5 / shan4
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /ʂan²¹/, /ʂan⁴⁵/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /san²¹/, /san⁴⁵/
Note:
  • shan5 - vernacular;
  • shan4 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (25)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/ʑiaŋH/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
soeng6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*daŋʔ-s/
English top, above (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 11103
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djaŋs/
Definitions

  1. upper part; high position; up
    Antonym: (xià)
  2. emperor
  3. on; above
       shùshàng   on the tree
       Bǐ zài zhuōshàng.   The pen is on the desk.
  4. superior; senior; top
  5. preceding; previous; last; former
       shàng yī nián   last year
       shàng   last episode
    世紀世纪   shàng shìjì   last century
  6. first of several (usually two or three) partitions
    Antonyms: , (xià)
    西遊記西游记   Xīyóujì shàng   Journey to the West I
    古漢語中古漢語 [MSC, trad.]
    古汉语中古汉语 [MSC, simp.]
    shànggǔ hànyǔ hé zhōnggǔ hànyǔ [Pinyin]
    Old Chinese and Middle Chinese
  7. within; in; from the standpoint of; according to
    理論理论   zài lǐlùn shàng   according to theory
    這個世界这个世界   zài zhège shìjiè shàng   in this world
    英文沒有相似說法 [MSC, trad.]
    英文没有相似说法 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài yīngwén shàng méiyǒu xiàngsì de shuōfǎ. [Pinyin]
    There is no similar way of wording in English.
  8. (Min Nan) most; extremely
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2


Note:
  • sông / song1 - “to go up; to go; to attend” (major reading);
  • sóng / song3 - “to fit; to install; to apply”.
  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: son3 / hon3
      • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɒ̃⁴⁵/, /xɒ̃⁴⁵/
  • Min Dong
    • (Fuzhou)
      • Bàng-uâ-cê: siông / chiông
      • Sinological IPA (key): /suɔŋ²⁴²/, /t͡sʰuɔŋ²⁴²/
Note:
  • siông - “to go up” (major reading);
  • chiông - only in “to pull up”.
Note:
  • chiūⁿ/chiōⁿ/chiǔⁿ - “to go up” (major reading);
  • chhiūⁿ/chhiōⁿ/chhiǔⁿ - only in “to pull up; to grow; to pile up”.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wugniu: 6zaon
      • Wiktionary Romanisation: 3zaan
      • Sinological IPA (key): /zɑ̃²³/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: shan5 / shan4
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /ʂan²¹/, /ʂan⁴⁵/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /san²¹/, /san⁴⁵/
Note:
  • shan5 - vernacular;
  • shan4 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (25)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑɨaŋX/
Li
Rong
/ʑiaŋX/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
soeng6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shàng shàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyangX › ‹ dzyangX ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə-daŋʔ/ /*m-daŋʔ/
English ascend to put up

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 11102
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djaŋʔ/
Definitions

  1. to go up; to ascend
  2. to charge; to advance
       Shàng a!   Charge!
  3. to go to; to leave for (a place) (usually to a more developed place)
    省城   shàng xǐngchéng   to go to the province capital
  4. to board; to get on
       Qǐng shàng chē.   Please get into the car.
  5. to serve; to present; to offer
    還有还有   Háiyǒu liǎng ge cài méi shàng.   There're two dishes that haven't been served.
       Shàng bǐ hé zhǐ lái.   Give me the pen and the paper.
  6. to attend (class, work)
       shàngbān   to go to work
    夜校   shàng yèxiào.   She goes to night school.
  7. to enter (a field); to appear (on stage, TV)
  8. to fit; to install; to apply
    油漆   shàng yóuqī   to apply paint
  9. to screw; to tighten, to twist
  10. (colloquial) Short for 上線 (“to go online”).
  11. to connect to; browse (a website)
    谷歌   shàng Gǔgē   to go on Google; to google
  12. (Cantonese) to go north
  13. (Min) to pull upwards or hang with a rope
    [Hokkien]   chhiūⁿ-chúi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   to draw water from a well
  14. (Min Nan) to grow and attach
    青苔 [Hokkien]   chhiūⁿ chheⁿ-thî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   to grow moss
  15. (Xiamen Min Nan) to pile up
    [Hokkien]   chhiūⁿ-hòe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   to pile up goods
  16. (vulgar, usually of a male) to fuck; to have intercourse (usually with a female)
  17. Particle following verbs, indicating direction or achievement.
    安排   Ānpái shàng le.   It has been arranged.
  18. 7th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "ascension" (𝌌)
  19. (mahjong, Cantonese) 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
Synonyms

Pronunciation 3



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (25)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑɨaŋX/
Li
Rong
/ʑiaŋX/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
soeng6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyangX ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə-daŋʔ/
English ascend

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 11102
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djaŋʔ/
Definitions

  1. (~聲) (Chinese phonetics) rising tone in Chinese phonetics
See also
The tones (of Chinese) in Mandarin · 聲調声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
平仄 (píngzè) (píng)
平聲平声 (píngshēng)
()
仄聲仄声 (zèshēng)
平上去入 (píngshǎngqùrù)
四聲四声 (sìshēng)
(píng)
平聲平声 (píngshēng)
(shǎng)
上聲上声 (shǎngshēng)
()
去聲去声 (qùshēng)
()
入聲入声 (rùshēng)
標調方法标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ)
標調法标调法
四角標調法四角标调法 ꜀◌ ꜂◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜆
[Term?] ◌〪 ◌〫 ◌〬 ◌〭
傍點傍点 ◌〮 ◌〯
四聲八調四声八调 陰平阴平 (yīnpíng) 陽平阳平 (yángpíng) 陰上阴上 (yīnshǎng) 陽上阳上 (yángshǎng) 陰去阴去 (yīnqù) 陽去阳去 (yángqù) 陰入阴入 (yīnrù) 陽入阳入 (yángrù)
(yīn) (yáng)
標調方法标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ)
標調法标调法
四角標調法四角标调法 ꜀◌ ꜁◌ ꜂◌ ꜃◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜅ ◌꜆ ◌꜇
The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Mandarin · 聲調声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
四聲四声 (sìshēng) 陰平阴平 (yīnpíng)
一聲一声
陽平阳平 (yángpíng)
二聲二声 (èrshēng)
上聲上声 (shǎngshēng)
三聲三声 (sānshēng)
去聲去声 (qùshēng)
四聲四声 (sìshēng)
輕聲轻声 (qīngshēng)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (じょう) ()
  • Korean: 상(上) (sang)
  • Vietnamese: thượng (, upper), thướng (, to go up)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note do (1).
  2. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note do (1).

Derived terms

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to sole a shoe”).
(This character, , is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” 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 four tones of Middle Chinese
  11. short for 上野国 (Kōzuke no kuni): Kōzuke Province

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
うえ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

⟨upe2/*upai̯//upe//ufe//uwe//ue/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *upay.

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(うえ) • (ue) うへ (ufe)?

  1. the above
    (うえ)()いて(ある)こう
    Ue o Muite Arukō”
    Walk Looking Up
  2. the top (position or direction)
    (はこ)(うえ)
    hako no ue
    top of the box
  3. the surface of
    (みず)(うえ)()かぶ
    mizu no ue ni ukabu
    to float upon the water
  4. superior in skill, age, level, etc.
    (ひと)(うえ)先輩(せんぱい)
    hitotsu ue no senpai
    senior who is one year older
    (ふた)(まわ)(うえ)上司(じょうし)
    futamawari-ue no jōshi
    boss who is twenty-four years older (than someone else)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Idioms

Suffix

(うえ) • (-ue) うへ (ufe)?

  1. suffix addressing to a superior
Derived terms

Proper noun

(うえ) • (Ue) うへ (ufe)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
うわ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

/upa//ufa//uwa/

From Old Japanese. The combining form of ue, ancient upe (see above).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠]

Noun

(うわ) • (uwa) うは (ufa)?

  1. upper, over
Derived terms

Proper noun

(うわ) • (Uwa) うは (ufa)?

  1. a place name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
irregular

⟨upe2⟨pe2 → */pe//fe//he/

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [he̞]
  • IPA(key): [e̞]
Usage notes

The senses are the same with ue.

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
かみ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

⟨kami1 → */kamʲi//kami/

From Old Japanese. Already apparent in ancient texts such as the Kojiki (c. 712 CE) and the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).[1][4]

Distinct from (⟨kami2kami, Shinto deity).

Pronunciation

Noun

(かみ) • (kami) 

  1. the start
  2. a high place; the top
  3. one with higher rank
Antonyms
Derived terms
Idioms

Proper noun

(かみ) • (Kami) 

  1. a place name
  2. a surname

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

/kami//kamʉ//kaɴ/

Contraction of Old Japanese ⟨kami1. Spelled in ancient works as かむ (kamu) prior to the development of the (n) kana.[1][4][5]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

(かん) • (kan) 

  1. (obsolete) Same as かみ (kami) above
Usage notes

Generally only found when followed by the genitive / possessive particles (no) or (tsu).

Derived terms

Proper noun

(かん) • (Kan) 

  1. a place name

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1
goon

/d͡ʑɨau//d͡ʑɔː//d͡ʑoː/

From Middle Chinese (MC dzyangX|dzyangH).

Pronunciation

  • Pitch accent for suffix unknown.

Noun

(じょう) • () じやう (zyau)?

  1. the first volume in a two- or three-volume set
    Antonym: (ge)

Suffix

(じょう) • (-jō) じやう (zyau)?

  1. from the standpoint of...
    ()(ろん)(じょう)はありえないこと
    riron- wa arienai koto
    something that is impossible according to theory
    (ほう)(りつ)(じょう)(そう)(しょう)
    hōritsu- no sōshō
    legal dispute
  2. aboard (a plane, ship, etc.)
  3. above, in, on
Derived terms

Proper noun

(じょう) • () じやう (zyau)?

  1. a surname

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  5. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun (wit sang))

  1. Hanja form? of (up; top; first; best).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: thượng ((thì)(lượng)(thiết))[1][2][3][4]
: Nôm readings: thượng[1][3][4][5]

  1. chữ Hán form of thượng (upper; higher; top).

Compounds

References

  1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. Trần (2004).
  3. Bonet (1899).
  4. Génibrel (1898).
  5. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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