IDENTITY
上shàngup; on; to go up
HSK 1Top 30
CORE MEANING
up; on; to go up
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.on; aboveHSK1
- 2.to go (to class)HSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 一one radical (yī)
- strokes
- 3
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿱⺊一
- part of the structure
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
上午shàngwǔmorning
上学shàngxuéto go to school
上面shàngmiànon top
Graded examples
他每天坐车上学。Tā měitiān zuò chē shàngxué.HSK2
He takes the bus to school every day.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A mark above the ground line — up, on top.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #30
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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