Chinese

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(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

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Noun

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堂上

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

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(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

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堂上(どのうえ) (Donoue

  1. a surname

References

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