上声

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See also: 上聲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 上聲.
(This term is the simplified form of 上聲).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 2
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
上聲 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1
しょう
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
上聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Middle Chinese 上聲

Noun

(じょう)(しょう) or (じょう)(せい) (jōshō or jōseiじやうしやう (zyausyau) or じやうせい (zyausei)?

  1. (Chinese phonetics) the rising tone (one of the 仄声 (sokusei, oblique tones) among the 四声 (shisei, four tones) of Middle Chinese)

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
平仄(ひょうそく) (hyōsoku) 平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō) 仄声(そくせい) (sokusei)
四声(しせい) (shisei)
平上去入(ひょうじょうきょにゅう) (hyōjōkyonyū)
平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō) 上声(じょうしょう) (jōshō) 去声(きょしょう) (kyoshō) 入声(にっしょう) (nisshō)
꜀◌ ꜂◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜆
◌〪 ◌〫 ◌〬 ◌〭
◌〮 ◌〯
꜀◌ ꜁◌ ꜂◌ ꜃◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜅ ◌꜆ ◌꜇
The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
四声(しせい) (shisei) 第一声(だいいっせい) (daīssei) 第二声(だいにせい) (dainisei) 第三声(だいさんせい) (daisansei) 第四声(だいよんせい) (daiyonsei) 軽声(けいせい) (keisei)