上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
上级
shàngjí
superior; boss
Characters in this word
级 jí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 及 to extend
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 上级来了。 Shàngjí lái le. The superior has arrived.
- 上级同意了。 Shàngjí tóngyì le. The boss agrees.
- 我问上级。 Wǒ wèn shàngjí. I ask my superior.
Related words
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class