Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 上
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Meaning |
upwards, on top, upon, above |
Pronunciation |
shàng, shǎng |
Explanation |
Ground 一, with a plant 卜 directing upwards. (opposite of下) |
Mnemonic
| From the horizontal ground, a plant is directed upwards. |
Radicals
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上
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upwards, on top | |
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一
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one | |
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卜
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oracle, mysticism | (This radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 羲皇上人 |
xī huáng shàng rén |
person from ages immemorial; fig. untroubled person | | 上层 |
shàng céng |
upper layer | | 上帝 |
shàng dì |
God | | 上诉 |
shàng sù |
appeal (a judicial case) | | 上级 |
shàng jí |
higher authorities; superiors | | 台上 |
tái shàng |
on stage | | 路上 |
lù shang |
on the road; on a journey; road surface | | 上空 |
shàng kōng |
overhead; in the sky | | 上山 |
shàng shān |
to go uphill; to spin cocoon (silkworms); to pass away | | 赶上 |
gǎn shàng |
to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for | | 上午 |
shàng wǔ |
morning |
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