下剋上

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
こく
Hyōgai
じょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
下克上

Pronunciation

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

Noun

()(こく)(じょう) • (gekokujōげこくじやう (gekokuzyau)?

  1. mutiny (revolt against a senior)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

下剋上 • (hageuksang) (hangeul 하극상)

  1. hanja form? of 하극상 (mutiny (revolt against a senior))