じょう

See also: しょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of じょう – see the following entries.

【上】1	the first volume in a two- or three-volume set from the standpoint of... aboard (a plane, ship, etc.) above, in, on a surname

【情】5	feeling; sentiment; emotion love; affection situation; circumstances

【城】4	a castle, a fortress

【場】2	a flattened area used for festivals or ceremonies a place where events are held place, arena, course while, period

【嬢】S	a daughter (female offspring) a young lady; a mistress; a mademoiselle; a missy

【錠】S	a device used to make a door unopenable: a lock lozenge (of medicine)

【常】5	(obsolete) always, constantly, consistently a traditional Japanese unit of length, equal to one 丈 (jō, roughly three meters) and three 尺 (shaku, roughly one foot or thirty centimeters)

【丈】S	jō, a traditional Japanese unit of length based on 10 shaku, standardized as equal to 3+¹⁄₃₃ meters. a male given name

【杖】J

a jo: a fighting staff, a little over 4 尺 (shaku, “a traditional unit of measure, about 30 cm or a foot”) long, shorter than a 棒 (bō, “quarterstaff”)

(historical) a traditional unit of area: one-fifth of a 段 (tan, traditional Japanese paddy size, roughly half of an English acre), or around 237m²

【乗】3	(mathematics) power

【穰】J	a male given name

【靖生】	a male given name

【譲】S	a male given name

(This term, じょう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as じょう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as じょう.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 娘, 尉.)