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.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless 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: above, up, over, elder, top, summit, surface, on, before, previous, superiority, one's superior, to raise, to bring up, to serve, ascent, climbing, ascending, to rise, to be raised, to enter, to come in, to go in, to advance to the next grade, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to be made, to occur, to be adequate, to be finished, to be done, to be over, to stop, to win, to be offered, indicates completion, to do for, to complete…, to humbly do…
Unihan extended: top; superior, highest; go up, send up
EDRDG: above; 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 were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. 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! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. 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 bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only 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 dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.