上野

Chinese
 
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
 
field; plain; open space
field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild
simp. and trad.
(上野)		 上 野

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 上野.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

上野

  1. Ueno (Japanese place name, surname)
  2. Kōzuke (an old province of Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
上 野
うえ
Grade: 1		 の
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 上 (ue, “up, above; top”) +‎ 野 (no, “area, field”).

Proper noun

上(うえ)野(の) • (Ueno) ←うへの (ufeno)?

  1. a placename, such as that of a district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo
  2. a surname
Derived terms
  • 上(うえ)野(の)公(こう)園(えん) (Ueno Kōen)
  • 上(うえ)野(の)広(ひろ)小(こう)路(じ) (Ueno Hirokōji)
  • 伊(い)賀(が)上(うえ)野(の) (Iga Ueno)

Noun

上(うえ)野(の) • (ueno) ←うへの (ufeno)?

  1. a plain with an upper stream

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
上 野
かみ
Grade: 1		 Grade: 2
kun’yomi irregular

⟨kami1tuke2⟩ → */kamʲitukei̯/ → /kaũd͡zuke/ → /kɔːd͡zuke/ → /koːzuke/

Originally a clipping of Old Japanese 上毛野 (Kami1tuke2no1 → Kamitsukeno, literally “Upper Keno”).[1][2][3]

Proper noun

上野(こうずけ) • (Kōzuke) ←かうづけ (kauduke)?

  1. Short for 上野国 (Kōzuke-no-kuni): Kōzuke Province, an old province of Japan
    Synonyms: 上州 (Jōshū), 上毛 (Jōmō)
See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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