上 top, up, raise, lifting higher increasing; to be completed 丄,⺊,一,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ジョウ　･　ショウ　･　シャン
JO　U　･　SHO　U　･　SHA　N

Kun-yomi

うえ　･　～うえ　･　うわ～　･　かみ　･　あ(げる　･　～あ(げる　･　あ(がる　･　～あ(がる　･　あ(がり　･　～あ(がり　･　のぼ(る　･　のぼ(り　･　のぼ(せる　･　のぼ(す　･　よ(す
u　e　･　～u　e　･　u　wa～　･　ka　mi　･　a　ge　ru　･　～a　ge　ru

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

丄

ジョウ,ショウ,うえ,うわ～,かみ,あ,のぼ,よ up, rod up

⺊

× HTML entity: ⺊ hair-raising, prepubescent young girl, divine, cresting head, conditions when one's rod is raised

　UPRIGHT REPEATED BOBBING HEAD
…or: UPRIGHT with HORIZONTAL MOTION, ARRAYED
　

一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

Meanings of elements

RAISED ROD above an ARRAY
…or: DIVINE ARRAY
…or: ROD UP (with emphasis)

Indicates UP, TOP, or RAISED (in a physical sense), and INCREASING TENSION or ANXIETY (as a mental state of mind). Also refers to the possibility of an ENTRY into something. Element UP (丄) with a marker to indicate emphasis, or alternatively with reference to a「short, perpendicular rod extension.」Meanings of ENTRY, ANXIETY, TENSION, and RAISED POSITIONING are also suggestive of elements as「rod with divine prepubescent female (⺊)」or as「array of divine prepubescent females」presented for sale or short-term rental use by the local shaman.「Raised rod with an array of dots, splats」(see 灬, an element replaced by ー or 一 in simplified Chinese glyphs today), or as「one with a raised rod」describes TO BE FINISHED performing some action, in Japanese, and indicates what remains in the UP, RAISED position.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: on top; upon; above; upper; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); see 上聲|上声
Japanese EDRDG: above, up
Unihan extended: top; superior, highest; go up, send up

Used within names (nanori)
あおい　･　あげ　･　い　･　か　･　かき　･　かず　･　かん　･　こう　･　のぼり　･　ほつ

Always keep in mind that these glyphs most likely were originally designed by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that), representing Chinese society many thousands of years ago, but intended NOT as a written or spoken language when created. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system! Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is, and often with multiple correct answers to each riddle, the same as is true today. Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? But, have there been necessary rewrites and altered explanations of the original elemental meanings over the centuries?

No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how seemingly bad our human existence is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or could they have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any lexicon. This site explains multiple meanings of glyphs ignored or censored by other sources, generally as being too embarrassing to admit today.