川上

Chuānshàng

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Meanings

1 Kawakami (Japanese surname)
2 literally: by the riverside / on the river (classical Chinese)

Characters

above; upon; upstream

Examples

川上先生来自日本东京。

Chuānshàng xiānshēng láizì Rìběn Dōngjīng.

Mr. Kawakami is from Tokyo, Japan.

子在川上曰:逝者如斯夫。

Zǐ zài chuān shàng yuē: Shìzhě rú sī fú.

Confucius, standing by the river, said: 'It flows on like this.'

Tips

culture

川上 most often appears in Chinese as the Japanese surname Kawakami (川上, 'upstream') — e.g. novelist 川上未映子 (Mieko Kawakami). It also echoes a famous line from 《论语·子罕》: 子在川上曰 ("The Master, standing by the river, said..."), where 川上 means "by the river."

Stroke Order

川 chuān

上 shàng