Read Edit View history 丄 shàng above Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Variant of 上. Originally a small line or dot above a longer line, indicating "up". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 (two). Opposite of 下. Pinyin Separate values with commas shàng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 丄 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 437, 785 ], [ 471, 764 ], [ 495, 735 ], [ 499, 720 ], [ 488, 177 ], [ 487, 164 ], [ 464, 140 ] ], [ [ 93, 93 ], [ 129, 77 ], [ 183, 73 ], [ 298, 93 ], [ 530, 117 ], [ 864, 136 ], [ 955, 103 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 515 137 L 527 461 Q 538 688 549 716 Q 564 741 546 759 Q 507 790 480 800 Q 450 811 427 794 Q 425 790 424 788 Q 423 782 431 763 Q 458 710 458 629 L 458 132 C 458 102 514 107 515 137 Z", "M 98 106 Q 81 106 80 94 Q 80 93 80 91 Q 82 73 109 57 Q 149 31 196 42 Q 314 82 670 100 Q 749 104 827 98 L 924 86 Q 961 82 967 91 Q 978 106 963 121 Q 929 153 882 175 Q 866 182 837 173 Q 798 165 515 137 L 458 132 Q 382 127 267 115 Q 167 104 98 106 Z" ] } 2 strokes 丄 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 437, 785 ], [ 471, 764 ], [ 495, 735 ], [ 499, 720 ], [ 488, 177 ], [ 487, 164 ], [ 464, 140 ] ], [ [ 93, 93 ], [ 129, 77 ], [ 183, 73 ], [ 298, 93 ], [ 530, 117 ], [ 864, 136 ], [ 955, 103 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 515 137 L 527 461 Q 538 688 549 716 Q 564 741 546 759 Q 507 790 480 800 Q 450 811 427 794 Q 425 790 424 788 Q 423 782 431 763 Q 458 710 458 629 L 458 132 C 458 102 514 107 515 137 Z", "M 98 106 Q 81 106 80 94 Q 80 93 80 91 Q 82 73 109 57 Q 149 31 196 42 Q 314 82 670 100 Q 749 104 827 98 L 924 86 Q 961 82 967 91 Q 978 106 963 121 Q 929 153 882 175 Q 866 182 837 173 Q 798 165 515 137 L 458 132 Q 382 127 267 115 Q 167 104 98 106 Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.