じょ

noun

  1. top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down.

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating.
  2. going and coming back.

noun

  1. upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people.
  2. first and second volumes.
  3. Messages.cloth.top and bottom, two-piece (outfit).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
じょ
上下 じょうげ

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)
below, down, descend
カ した くだ.る (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (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)