村上

Chinese

village
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.
(村上)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

村上

  1. an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 村上, Murakami
  2. () Murakami (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
むら
Grade: 1
かみ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally “upper town, upper part of a town”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ɾa̠ka̠mʲi]

Proper noun

(むら)(かみ) • (Murakami

  1. a surname
  2. Murakami (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan)