Chinese edit

(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 edit


Noun edit

堂上

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

Japanese edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(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 edit

堂上(どのうえ) (Donoue

  1. a surname

References edit

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