上 (shàng)
Up; on top; to go to (class/work); previous.
How 上 is written
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- ⺊ — divination
- Traditional
- 上
- Simplified
- 上 (unchanged)
Components
- ⺊ divination
- 一 one
上 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- shǎng
- see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- shàng
- on top; upon; above; upper
Common words using 上
- 上班 shàngbān
- to go to work; to be on duty; to start work
- 早上 zǎoshang
- early morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 晚上 wǎnshang
- evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 上下 shàngxià
- up and down; top and bottom; old and new
- 上來 shànglái
- to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
- 上傳 shàngchuán
- to upload
- 上午 shàngwǔ
- morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 上去 shàngqù
- to go up
- 上司 shàngsi
- boss; superior
- 上天 shàngtiān
- Heaven; Providence; God
- 上學 shàngxué
- to go to school; to attend school
- 上市 shàngshì
- to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)
上 in a sentence
我明天早上九點要上課。
Wǒ míngtiān zǎoshang jiǔ diǎn yào shàngkè.
“I have to go to class at 9 AM tomorrow.”
How common is 上?
上 is the 16th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 17.6% of all running text.
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