Chinese symbol for “layup”

上篮

shàng lán

Traditional: 上籃

(basketball) layup

The closest CC-CEDICT match for layup is 上篮 (shàng lán), defined as: (basketball) layup.

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Characters and stroke order

上 shàng

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

radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes

篮 lán

basket; goal

radical 118 ⽵ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

籃 lán

Related words

Other words that share a character with 上篮.

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
篮球 (籃球)	lán qiú	basketball; 个 (gè),只 (zhī)
篮板 (籃板)	lán bǎn	backboard

See also: Japanese symbol for “layup”.

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