上 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings

What does 上 mean?

Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.

How to read 上?

Kunyomi... うえ/ue,うわ/uwa,かみ/kami,あげる/ageru,あがる/agaru,のぼる/noboru,のぼせる/noboseru,のぼす/nobosu,たてまつ/tatematsu

Onyomi... ジョウ/jo,ショウ/sho

jinmeikun... ura, e, susumu, taka, takashi, hisa, hozu, masa,

* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.

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上 / related names

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Name:
kamihiro
Katakana:
カミヒロ

Kanji:
上大
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Big. Large. Large in number or quantity. Greatly. Valuable. Important. Excellent. Splendid. Very much. Much. (Power or force) strong. long time. To be high in rank or position.
Name:
kamiki
Katakana:
カミキ

Kanji:
上生
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Live. To be born. Born. To grow. Life. A living thing. Pure. Unadulterated. Fresh. Unprocessed. Unripe. A person who is learning or practicing.
Name:
takanori
Katakana:
タカノリ

Kanji:
上昇
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Ascent. Stairs. The sun or moon rises high. To rise in rank or status.
Name:
yoake
Katakana:
ヨアケ

Kanji:
輿上介
Meaning:
  • 輿Mikoshi (Divine palanquin)
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Help. A person who helps. To be near, to accompany. to take care of. To intercede. To make friends with. to separate. to separate. to be firm. To protect tightly. Something that covers the outside to protect oneself. boundary. border.
Name:
joko
Katakana:
ジョウコ

Kanji:
上子
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Children
Name:
kiria
Katakana:
キリア

Kanji:
桐上
Meaning:
  • Empress tree (a kind of tree). A deciduous tree of the Scrophulariaceae family. A metaphor for money or something of value.
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
Name:
toa
Katakana:
トア

Kanji:
翔上
Meaning:
  • Fly. Spread your wings and fly. To fly high in the sky.
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
Name:
shokei
Katakana:
ショウケイ

Kanji:
上慧
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Wisdom. The ability of the mind to see into the mind.
Name:
masato
Katakana:
マサト

Kanji:
上人
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • People. Human beings. Humanity. Every single person. People. Grown-ups. Adults. Personality. Character. A word used to count people.
Name:
kia
Katakana:
キア

Kanji:
稀上
Meaning:
  • Rare. Few. Faint. Sparse.
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
Name:
kami
Katakana:
カミ

Kanji:
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
Name:
mogami
Katakana:
モガミ

Kanji:
最上
Meaning:
  • The most. The best. Above all.
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
Name:
kazusa
Katakana:
カズサ

Kanji:
上総
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • To unite into one. All. Policing the whole together. A bundle of threads.
Name:
jotaro
Katakana:
ジョウタロウ

Kanji:
上太郎
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Abundantly large. Large in circumference. Thick. Flabby. Very. A word used to refer to a person of high rank or status.
  • Male. Men. Young men. A word that refers broadly to boys. A retainer.
Name:
ueri
Katakana:
ウエリ

Kanji:
上里
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Village. Countryside. Hometown. The family home of a wife or son-in-law. A pathway that runs vertically and horizontally. Paths. A unit of distance.
Name:
noboru
Katakana:
ノボル

Kanji:
上瑠
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Lapis lazuli.
Name:
masataka
Katakana:
マサタカ

Kanji:
正上
Meaning:
  • Correct. To be reasonable. to fix. exactly. To be in just the right state. New Year. The beginning of things. The original. The real.
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
Name:
jota
Katakana:
ジョウタ

Kanji:
上太
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Abundantly large. Large in circumference. Thick. Flabby. Very. A word used to refer to a person of high rank or status.
Name:
sajo
Katakana:
サジョウ

Kanji:
砂上
Meaning:
  • Sand. A fine grained substance.
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
Name:
joi
Katakana:
ジョウイ

Kanji:
上泉
Meaning:
  • Up. To go up. To move from a low place to a high place. Position, value, age, etc. is in a higher place. The stream is in the front. To offer up.
  • Spring. Water that gushes out of the ground, source. Source of water. Hot spring. The other world. The underworld.

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