無上

Chinese

not have
 
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
trad. (無上) 無 上
simp. (无上) 无 上
anagram 上無/上无

Pronunciation


Adjective

無上

  1. supreme; paramount; highest

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無上):
  • → Japanese: 無上(むじょう) (mujō)
  • → Korean: 무상(無上) (musang)
  • → Vietnamese: vô thượng (無上)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無 上
む
Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

無(む)上(じょう) • (mujō) ←むじやう (muzyau)?

  1. the best
    Synonym: 最上 (saijō)
  2. zenith, the highest point
    Synonym: 天上 (tenjō)

Adjective

無(む)上(じょう) • (mujō) ←むじやう (muzyau)?-na (adnominal 無(む)上(じょう)な (mujō na), adverbial 無(む)上(じょう)に (mujō ni))

  1. best, greatest

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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