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上 shàng
Explanation: above; upper
上班 go to work  上当 be taken in;be fooled

“上”字是由上下两条横线（ ）组成，下面那条是地平线；上面那条是“在地平线之上”的意思，后来

则变成了（ ）。
The form of上on the oracle bones was represented by two horizontal lines （  ）; the one below indicates the “horizon” and the one above indicates “above the horizon”. Later the form of the upper horizontal line was stylized a little （  ）, and the meaning of the character has also become clearer.