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Radical Combination

  • ト Toe
  • 一 Ground

Meaning

Primary

Above

Alternatives

Up, Over

Mnemonic

You find a toe on the ground. It's weird, because it's above the ground, not where toes belong.

Hints

Focus your imagination on how body parts should be buried, not above ground like this. Sure, finding a toe is a little strange, but finding a toe above the ground? Downright silly.

Readings

On’yomi

じょう

Kun’yomi

うえ, あ, のぼ, うわ, かみ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Of course when you find a toe above the ground, you want to know where the toe came from. When you examine it, you see a name written on there. This toe belongs to the local clumsy farmhand, Jourm (じょう).

Hints

Try to remember Jourm, the local farmhand. He is a recurring character that will come up anytime the reading for a kanji is じょう.

He is a very big man, and he wears farmer's clothes. It's important to imagine your version of Jourm as very big, because it will help us to differentiate him from Jo-Anne, who is the character associated with the similar, but shorter reading (and character) じょ. Although Jourm will develop as you go through all the じょう reading kanji, for now just imagine him as a big, kinda slow dude who works for a local farmer. Also, he only has nine or fewer toes, apparently.

Found In Vocabulary

  • 上げる
    • あげる
    • To Lift So...
  • 上
    • うえ
    • Up
  • 上手
    • じょうず
    • Good At
  • 上る
    • のぼる
    • To Climb
  • テーブルの上
    • てーぶるのうえ
    • On The Table
  • 上がる
    • あがる
    • To Go Up
  • 年上
    • としうえ
    • Older
  • 以上
    • いじょう
    • More Than
  • 地上
    • ちじょう
    • Above Ground
  • 出来上がる
    • できあがる
    • To Be Fini...
  • 上級
    • じょうきゅう
    • Advanced L...
  • 売り上げ
    • うりあげ
    • Amount Sold
  • 屋上
    • おくじょう
    • Rooftop
  • 上司
    • じょうし
    • Boss
  • 上品
    • じょうひん
    • Elegant
  • 上演
    • じょうえん
    • Performance
  • 上述
    • じょうじゅつ
    • Above Ment...
  • 上巻
    • じょうかん
    • First Volume
  • 差し上げる
    • さしあげる
    • To Give
  • 盛り上げる
    • もりあげる
    • To Heap Up
  • 上旬
    • じょうじゅん
    • First Ten ...
  • 盛り上がる
    • もりあがる
    • To Swell
  • 至上
    • しじょう
    • Supremacy
  • 上唇
    • うわくちびる
    • Upper Lip
  • 召し上がる
    • めしあがる
    • To Respect...
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