井上

Chinese

		warn; well	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. (井上)		井	上

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jǐngshàng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeng² soeng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jǐngshàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jǐngshàng
  - Wade–Giles: Ching³-shang⁴
  - Yale: Jǐng-shàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiingshanq
  - Palladius: Цзиншан (Czinšan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeng² soeng⁶
  - Yale: jéng seuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzeng² soeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zéng² sêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ sœːŋ²²/

Proper noun

井上

an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 井上, Inoue

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
井	上
い(の) Grade: 4	うえ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From 井(い) (i, “well”) + の (no, genitive particle) + 上(うえ) (ue, “top, above”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いのうえ [ìnóúé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ino̞ɯ̟e̞]

Proper noun

井(いの)上(うえ) • (Inoue) ^{←ゐのうへ (Winoufe)^?}

a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
井	上
い Grade: 4	うえ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From 井(い) (i, “well”) + 上(うえ) (ue, “top, above”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [iɯ̟e̞]

Proper noun

井(い)上(うえ) • (Iue) ^{←ゐうへ (Wiufe)^?}

a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
井	上
い Grade: 4	かみ > がみ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From 井(い) (i, “well”) + 上(かみ) (kami, “top, above”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [iɡa̠mʲi]

Proper noun

井(い)上(がみ) • (Igami) ^{←ゐがみ (Wigami)^?}

a surname