上 — Chinese character

上

shàng

above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

Pinyin: shàng
Radical: 1 ⼀ (One)
Strokes: 3
Components: 一
Formation: ideographic — One stroke on top of another; compare 下 (below)
Japanese: 上 as a kanji

Common words with 上

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
以上	yǐ shàng	that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned
晚上	wǎn shang	evening; night
身上	shēn shang	on the body; at hand
加上	jiā shàng	to add; plus; in addition; moreover
上面	shàng miàn	on top of; above-mentioned
实际上 (實際上)	shí jì shàng	in fact; in reality
早上	zǎo shang	early morning; 个 (gè)
网上 (網上)	wǎng shàng	online
上述	shàng shù	aforementioned; above-mentioned
事实上 (事實上)	shì shí shàng	in fact; in reality
上市	shàng shì	to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)
马上 (馬上)	mǎ shàng	at once; right away

English words written with 上

上 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 19 · Analects 26 · Art of War 18 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 51 · Zhuangzi 121 · Great Learning 7 · Doctrine of the Mean 16

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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