丞

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 References 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

丞 (radical 1 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓水一 (NEM), X弓水一 (XNEM), four-corner 1710₃)

1. assist, aid, rescue
2. [archaic] a low-level assistant to the governor of a county

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 78, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40
• Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 19, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4E1E

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

丞 (Yale sing4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

丞

[edit] Readings

• On: しょう (shō), じょう (jō)
• Kun: すくう (sukuu), たすける (tasukeru)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

丞
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 승, 증 (revised: seung, jeung, McCune-Reischauer: sŭng, chŭng)

• Name (hangeul): 정승, 나아갈 (revised: jeongseung, naagal, McCune-Reischauer: chǒngsǔng, naagal)

[edit] References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丞

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

丞 (pinyin chéng (cheng2), Wade-Giles ch'eng²)