上野

Chinese

		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	field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild
simp. and trad. (上野)		上	野

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 上野.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shàngyě

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄝˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shàngyě
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shàngyě
    • Wade–Giles: Shang⁴-yeh³
    • Yale: Shàng-yě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanqyee
    • Palladius: Шанъе (Šanʺje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

上野

1. Ueno (Japanese place name, surname)
2. Kōzuke (an old province of Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
上	野
うえ Grade: 1	の Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 上 (ue, “up, above; top”) +‎ 野 (no, “area, field”).

Proper noun

上(うえ)野(の) • (Ueno) ^{←うへの (ufeno)?}

1. a placename, such as that of a district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo
2. a surname

Derived terms

• 伊(い)賀(が)上(うえ)野(の) (Iga Ueno)
• 上(うえ)野(の)公(こう)園(えん) (Ueno Kōen)
• 上(うえ)野(の)のウ (Ueno no u)
• 上(うえ)野(の)広(ひろ)小(こう)路(じ) (Ueno Hirokōji)

Noun

上(うえ)野(の) • (ueno) ^{←うへの (ufeno)?}

1. a plain with an upper stream

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
上	野
かみ Grade: 1	Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular

⟨kami₁tuke₂⟩ → */kamʲitukei̯/ → /kaũd͡zuke/ → /kɔːd͡zuke/ → /koːzuke/

Originally a clipping of Old Japanese 上毛野 (Kami₁tuke₂no₁ → Kamitsukeno, literally “Upper Keno”).

Proper noun

上野(こうずけ) • (Kōzuke) ^{←かうづけ (kauduke)?}

1. Short for 上野国 (Kōzuke-no-kuni): Kōzuke Province, an old province of Japan

   Synonyms: 上州 (Jōshū), 上毛 (Jōmō)

See also

• 下野(しもつけ) (Shimotsuke)