Kanji 無 nothingness, none, ain't Related words 何なに よりも Also means 'more than anything', but 何よりも is more conversational and can be used in a wider range of contexts, while この上もなく is more emphatic and formal.
非ひ 常じょう に A common, neutral intensifier meaning 'very' or 'extremely'. この上もなく carries a stronger sense of 'supremely' or 'above all else'.
Written forms この 上うえ もなく
Standard kanji-kana spelling.
この 上うえ も 無な く
Variant using the kanji 無 for なく ; less common but still encountered.
Etymology From この上 (kono ue, 'above this') + も (mo, 'even') + なく (naku, adverbial form of ない 'not'), literally 'not even above this', i.e., 'nothing surpasses this'.
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