堂上

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Chinese

(main) hall; large room
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
simp. and trad.
(堂上)
anagram 上堂

Pronunciation


Noun

堂上

  1. (in the) courtroom; (atop the) hall
  2. (literary, honorific) parents
  3. (historical) judge; magistrate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 5
じょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(どう)(じょう) (dōjōだうじやう (dauzyau)?

  1. court noble
  2. family's social standing
  3. atop the hall
  4. entrance to southern eaves of the place where the emperor lived in Heian Palace

Proper noun

堂上(どのうえ) (Donoue

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN