Read Edit View history 上 shàngshǎng HSK1 up Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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 ×shang × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 上 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 446, 781 ], [ 462, 775 ], [ 498, 734 ], [ 493, 159 ], [ 472, 136 ] ], [ [ 531, 448 ], [ 551, 462 ], [ 627, 473 ], [ 698, 493 ], [ 768, 496 ] ], [ [ 134, 92 ], [ 171, 76 ], [ 212, 72 ], [ 458, 103 ], [ 841, 132 ], [ 932, 99 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 520 133 Q 523 296 525 442 L 525 479 Q 525 654 543 722 Q 556 746 540 761 Q 498 792 465 802 Q 449 805 432 791 Q 425 782 432 770 Q 462 727 462 629 Q 462 394 466 128 C 466 98 519 103 520 133 Z", "M 525 442 Q 573 436 682 459 Q 769 477 776 484 Q 786 493 780 503 Q 771 516 738 523 Q 704 529 670 514 Q 637 502 601 493 Q 564 484 525 479 C 495 475 495 445 525 442 Z", "M 528 82 Q 582 83 633 88 Q 781 100 911 81 Q 938 78 945 88 Q 954 103 940 116 Q 907 147 859 171 Q 843 178 813 169 Q 707 150 520 133 L 466 128 Q 363 121 309 114 Q 239 104 137 106 Q 121 106 120 93 Q 119 80 139 63 Q 184 30 234 41 Q 289 56 416 71 Q 468 78 528 82 Z" ] } 3 strokes 上 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 439, 778 ], [ 504, 726 ], [ 487, 115 ] ], [ [ 524, 461 ], [ 781, 497 ] ], [ [ 109, 87 ], [ 210, 66 ], [ 809, 127 ], [ 917, 103 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M520,129C522,238 528,412 529,442C530,467 530,467 530,479C534,649 540,690 547,716C551,735 554,745 544,755C531,768 486,793 469,796C457,799 446,796 436,785C430,780 430,773 436,764C481,687 470,607 466,124C466,106 520,111 520,129Z", "M529,442C561,438 613,444 686,459C744,472 775,480 780,484C786,491 788,497 784,503C778,512 763,519 742,523C718,528 697,522 674,514C637,503 576,487 530,479C518,477 517,444 529,442Z", "M885,77C901,75 914,78 919,84C925,94 922,104 914,112C891,133 864,152 833,167C821,173 807,169 787,165C730,155 599,137 520,129C484,126 484,126 466,124C356,114 215,96 121,98C109,99 104,94 104,85C103,77 108,66 123,55C151,33 183,26 218,33C317,55 410,69 500,76C637,86 762,94 885,77Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation 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.