Entry
  1. Noun

    working one's way up

    彼はいわゆるたたき上げだ。
    He is what we call a self-made man.
  2. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    self-made person; veteran

Also written たたき上げ【たたきあげ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

strike, beat, kow tow, hit, thrash, criticize

Kun
たた.くはた.くすぎ
On
コウ
Strokes
5
Frequency
2316 of 2500
Radical
mouth

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
3d2.3The Kanji Dictionary
6702.0Four corner code
53e9Unicode hex code
1-35-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
876Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
696New Nelson (John Haig)
208Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2166Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2285Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3238Morohashi
kou4Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

above, up

Kun
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