• 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

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
📚Save to a study list and track your progressSign up to create custom character lists, mark characters as learned, and build your knowledge step by step.

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 

RareShow 403

#Back to top
  • 234th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 313 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bào (bao4)to announce • to inform • report • newspaper • recompense • revenge • CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
📚Save to a study list and track your progressSign up to create custom character lists, mark characters as learned, and build your knowledge step by step.

Example Words

Common

回报 (回報)
报到 (報到)
报名 (報名)
报告 (報告)
报复 (報復)
报应 (報應)
报纸 (報紙)
报警 (報警)
报道 (報道)
报销 (報銷)
捷报 (捷報)
播报 (播報)
日报 (日報)
海报 (海報)
画报 (畫報)
预报 (預報)

Uncommon

上报 (上報)
汇报 (匯報)
周报 (周報)
商报 (商報)
报上 (報上)
报仇 (報仇)
报价 (報價)
报刊 (報刊)
报喜 (報喜)
报国 (報國)
报导 (報導)
报废 (報廢)
报怨 (報怨)
报恩 (報恩)
报数 (報數)
报时 (報時)
报案 (報案)
报社 (報社)
报答 (報答)
报考 (報考)
报表 (報表)
报警器 (報警器)
报酬 (報酬)
年报 (年報)
快报 (快報)
情报 (情報)
恶有恶报 (惡有惡報)
收报 (收報)
文汇报 (文彙報)
新京报 (新京報)
早报 (早報)
时报 (時報)
晚报 (晚報)
晨报 (晨報)
申报 (申報)
福报 (福報)
举报 (舉報)
警报 (警報)
读报 (讀報)
通报 (通報)
邮报 (郵報)
电报 (電報)

RareShow 255

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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.