Memory phrase for the character: 上

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shàng, shǎng

Ground 一, with a plant 卜 directing upwards. (opposite of下)

From the horizontal ground, a plant is directed upwards.

上	upwards, on top
一	one
卜	oracle, mysticism	This radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.

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羲皇上人	xī huáng shàng rén	person from ages immemorial; fig. untroubled person
上层	shàng céng	upper layer
上帝	shàng dì	God
上诉	shàng sù	appeal (a judicial case)
上级	shàng jí	higher authorities; superiors
台上	tái shàng	on stage
路上	lù shang	on the road; on a journey; road surface
上空	shàng kōng	overhead; in the sky
上山	shàng shān	to go uphill; to spin cocoon (silkworms); to pass away
赶上	gǎn shàng	to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for
上午	shàng wǔ	morning
上午	shàng wǔ

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