The Japanese Kanji for ‘Up’ or ‘Above’ is 上. Various contexts for the usage of 上: Over: 上 refers to something over another thing in position. Top: The Kanji 上 is also used to describe something on top of others. Rise: 上 also means ascending or going up, as in 上る and 上り. The kun’yomi (Japanese reading) pronunciations of the Kanji 上 are ‘nobu‘ (のぼ), as in words ‘noboru‘ (のぼる) and ‘noboseru‘ (のぼせる),