(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above

used in 上聲｜上声

Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang

commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商, intelligence quotient)

surname Shang

still / yet / to value / to esteem

to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)

rushing current

surname Yin / dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province

ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet)

surname Ruan / small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Province

to die in childhood / war dead

variant of 垧 / Taiwan pr. [chong3]

to consult / to deliberate / commerce

Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛｜纣辛

Cerambyx rugicollis

to sole a shoe / also written 緔｜绱

(bound form) Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty 商紂王｜商纣王 (the name refers to a crupper 紂｜纣, the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)

entropy (character created in 1923)

plowed earth / soil moisture / furrow

Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝 / Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇縣｜淇县, Hebi 鶴壁｜鹤壁, Henan

Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國｜秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝

feast / goblet

Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)

Legalist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Han Fei 韓非｜韩非 and Li Si 李斯, which influenced Shang Yang 商鞅, whose reforms strengthened the Qin state 秦國｜秦国, eventually enabling it to conquer rival states and unify China under the Qin dynasty 秦朝

part of the day / midday

old variant of 上

to sole a shoe

final name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province

the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)

unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ 畝｜亩 in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China)

old variant of 湯｜汤

tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones

Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding

Ao, Shang Dynasty capital (northeast part of modern day Zhengzhou, Henan)

oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones

variant of 尚, still / yet / to value / to esteem

Fu Hao (c. 1200 BC), or Lady Hao, female Chinese general of the late Shang Dynasty 商朝

Wu Ding (c. 14th century BC), legendary founder and wise ruler of Shang dynasty

the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣｜杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence

three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)

Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty

Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhou 紂｜纣, then ruled ancient Korea in the Zhou 周 dynasty

to injure / injury / wound

Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂 (c. 695-715), reigned 710

The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC

Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty

King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant

Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國｜秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination

Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties

Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc

Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc

Di Yi (died 1076 BC), Shang dynasty king, reigned 1101-1076 BC

Dijun, Shang dynasty protector God, possibly same as legendary Emperor 帝嚳｜帝喾

Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant

Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殤帝｜唐殇帝 (c. 695-715), reigned 710

King Wu of Zhou 周武王 overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王｜商纣王

the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯｜商汤, of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王

white pottery (of Shang Dynastry 16-11th century BC)