下剋上

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	剋	上
げ Grade: 1	こく Hyōgai	じょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
下克上

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げこくじょー [gèkókúꜜjòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ko̞kɯ̟ʑo̞ː]

Noun

下(げ)剋(こく)上(じょう) • (gekokujō) ^{←げこくじやう (gekokuzyau)^?}

mutiny (revolt against a senior)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“下^▲剋上”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
下	剋	上

Noun

下剋上 • (hageuksang) (hangeul 하극상)

hanja form^? of 하극상 (“mutiny (revolt against a senior)”)