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Pinyin | shàng (fourth tone) |
| English | up; above; ascend | |
| Pronounced more like 'shung' than 'shang' | ||
The mirror equivalent of xia to represent an upward direction one of the 'true' symbolic characters that is easy to remember. The character is used in the name of China's second city of Shanghai (literally above sea).
| shàng | wǔ | |
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| ascend | midday | = morning |