• 16th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.55% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 480 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǎng (shang3)see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
2. shàng (shang4)on top • upon • above • upper • previous • first (of multiple parts) • to climb • to get onto • to go up • to attend (class or university)

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

上海 
上班 
上网 (上網)
爱上 (愛上)
早上 
晚上 
马上 (馬上)

Uncommon

上下 
上来 (上來)
上传 (上傳)
上午 
上去 
上台 
上司 
上场 (上場)
上坟 (上墳)
上天 
上学 (上學)
上山 
上市 
上帝 
上床 
上手 
上扬 (上揚)
上升 (上昇)
上映 
上海市 
上演 
上涨 (上漲)
上火 
上班族 
上瘾 (上癮)
上级 (上級)
上线 (上線)
上行 
上街 
上衣 
上课 (上課)
上路 
上身 
上车 (上車)
上辈子 (上輩子)
上门 (上門)
上阵 (上陣)
上面 
世上 
之上 
以上 
加上 
史上 
向上 
地上 
基本上 
天上 
奉上 
实际上 (實際上)
戴上 
楼上 (樓上)
海上 
爬上 
献上 (獻上)
登上 
皇上 
看上 
看上去 
穿上 
考上 
至上 
台上 (臺上)
赶上 (趕上)
路上 
踏上 
身上 
迷上 
闭上 (閉上)
关上 (關上)
附上 

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  • 1082nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 77 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
handN/ANo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yáng (yang2)to raise • to hoist • the action of tossing or winnowing • scattering (in the wind) • to flutter • to propagate

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

Common

上扬 (上揚)
张扬 (張揚)
扬州 (揚州)
扬帆 (揚帆)
昂扬 (昂揚)
表扬 (表揚)
赞扬 (讚揚)
飘扬 (飄揚)
飞扬 (飛揚)

Uncommon

分道扬镳 (分道揚鑣)
宣扬 (宣揚)
弘扬 (弘揚)
悠扬 (悠揚)
抑扬 (抑揚)
扬名 (揚名)
扬州市 (揚州市)
扬声器 (揚聲器)
扬言 (揚言)
扬起 (揚起)
扬长而去 (揚長而去)
沸沸扬扬 (沸沸揚揚)
发扬 (發揚)
发扬光大 (發揚光大)
纷纷扬扬 (紛紛揚揚)
耀武扬威 (耀武揚威)
趾高气扬 (趾高氣揚)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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