noun

  1. ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb.
  2. up-train, train heading toward the starting point of its route.

takes genitive case の, noun

  1. upbound (esp. toward Tokyo).

noun, noun used as a prefix

  1. upstream, uphill.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
上り のぼり
 
登り のぼり
 
昇り のぼり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)