Japanese symbol for “superstructure”
上層建築
じょうそうけんちく
Romaji: jousoukenchiku
superstructure; upper stories
In Japanese, superstructure is 上層建築, read じょうそうけんちく (jousoukenchiku).
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Meanings
- n superstructure; upper stories
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “superstructure”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上部構造 | じょうぶこうぞう joubukouzou | superstructure |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以上 | いじょう ijou | not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above |
| 売り上げ | うりあげ uriage | amount sold; sales; proceeds |
| 上昇 | じょうしょう joushou | rising; ascending; climbing |
| 向上 | こうじょう koujou | elevation; rise; improvement |
| 上司 | じょうし joushi | (one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups |
| 地上 | ちじょう chijou | above ground; on the ground; earth's surface |
| 一層 | いっそう issou | even more; still more; all the more |
| 高層 | こうそう kousou | high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried |
| 建物 | たてもの tatemono | building |
| 建築 | けんちく kenchiku | construction; architecture (of buildings) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “superstructure”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.