じょう
上
しょう
昇
し
志
こう
向

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.), ambition to rise in the world.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
じょう
上
しょう
昇
し
志
こう
向
 上昇志向 じょうしょうしこう

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)
rise up
ショウ　のぼ.る　しゅう (8th, N2)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
measuring box, 1.8 liter
ます　ショウ　のぼる (9th, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)
intention, plan, resolve
シ　こころざし　こころざ.す (5th, N1)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ　さむらい　お (4th, N1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ　シン (2nd, N4)
yonder, facing, beyond
む.く　コウ　むかい (3rd, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ　ケイ　まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)