EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 21
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised

    see 揚がる

    2階へ上がると赤城山がよく見える。
    There's a good view of Mt. Akagi from upstairs.
  2. to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in

  3. to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade

  4. to get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore

    see 揚がる

  5. to float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface

    see 揚がる

  6. to increase; to be raised (e.g. of a salary); to rise

    occ. as 騰る in ref. to money

  7. to improve; to make progress

  8. to be promoted; to advance

  9. to be made (of profit, etc.)

  10. to occur (esp. of a favourable result)

  11. to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)

    often as 〜で上がる

  12. to be finished; to be done; to be over

  13. to stop (of rain); to clear up (of weather)

  14. to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die

  15. to win (in a card game, etc.)

  16. to be spoken loudly; to be raised loudly (of a voice)

    see 揚がる

  17. to get nervous; to get stage fright

    Colloquialesp. アガる

  18. to be offered (to the gods, etc.)

  19. to go; to visit

    Humble (kenjougo) language

  20. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to eat; to drink

    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

  21. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to serve (in one's master's home)

  22. to enter a red light district; to amuse oneself in a red light district; to visit a brothel

    see 揚がる

  23. to arise vigorously (e.g. of voices in excitement); to become excited; to be in uproar (e.g. of a crowd)

    see 挙がる

  24. Suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to be complete; to finish

    after the -masu stem of a verbsee 出来上がる

  25. adds the connotation of an action happening strongly or violently

    after the -masu stem of a verb

  26. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    above; north of

    as ~上ル; in the Kyoto address system

Also written 上る【あがる】騰がる【あがる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

above, up

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うえ-うえうわ-かみあ.げる-あ.げるあ.がる-あ.がるあ.がり-あ.がりのぼ.るのぼ.りのぼ.せるのぼ.すたてまつ.る
On
ジョウショウシャン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
35 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

あおいあげかきかずかんこうのぼりほつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-2SKIP code
2m1.1The Kanji Dictionary
2110.0Four corner code
1272deroo
4e0aUnicode hex code
1-30-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
798Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
10New Nelson (John Haig)
3404New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4212Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2128Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2876Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
49Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
50Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
21A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
47Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13Morohashi
37A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
32Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20sakade
5Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
23henshall3
12Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
29crowley
31Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
6Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
49Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shang4, shang3Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level