堂上

Chinese

(main) hall; large room
 
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


Noun

堂上

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

堂上 (hiragana どうじょう, rōmaji dōjō, historical hiragana だうじやう)

  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

堂上 (hiragana どのうえ, rōmaji Donoue)

  1. A surname.

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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