売り上げ
うりあげ · uriage · JLPT N2 · noun
sales
💴🛒 売り上げ = sell (売り) + raise (上げ): what selling brings up
売る (uru) means to sell and 上げる (ageru) means to raise or lift. Put together, the word means everything your selling has added up to, which is why it's the usual word for sales figures or a shop's takings.
上 — horizontal line above a baseline
上 is an indicative character (指事): a short stroke placed above a longer reference line shows the concept of 'above' or 'up'. The earliest oracle-bone forms used two horizontal lines for this; the modern shape added a vertical stroke for clarity. The core meaning of 'upper, above, to ascend' has stayed stable for millennia.