じょう

See also: しょう

Japanese

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

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

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

【城】4	[noun] a castle, a fortress

【場】2	[noun] [date uncertain] a flattened area used for festivals or ceremonies [noun] [from late 1300s] a place where events are held [suffix] [from early 700s] place, arena, course [suffix] [date uncertain] while, period

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

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

【常】5	[adverb] (obsolete) always, constantly, consistently [noun] 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	[noun] jō, a traditional Japanese unit of length based on 10 shaku, standardized as equal to 3+¹⁄₃₃ meters. [proper noun] a male given name

【杖】J

[noun] 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”)

[noun] (historical) under the ancient Ritsuryō system, caning as a form of corporal punishment

[noun] (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	[suffix] (mathematics) power

【穰】J	[proper noun] a male given name

【靖生】	[proper noun] a male given name

【譲】S	[proper noun] 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.)

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