shàng

above

One stroke on top of another; variant of

Components
丨 meaning component

  Meaning component

gǔnshù

  

vertical line

一 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

one

Evolution

丄 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
丄 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
丄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
丄 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
丄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shàng

above; old variant of [shàng]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+4E04

Shuowen

“丄,高也。此古文上,指事也。上,篆文丄。”


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