丞

Translingual

Han character

丞 (radical 1 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓水一 (NEM), X弓水一 (XNEM), four-corner 1710₃, composition ⿱氶一)

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

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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		丞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'êng²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴
    • Yale: sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (丞, reconstructed)
Character (丞), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 常 (25) Final: 蒸 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 署陵切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡ʑɨŋ/	/ʑi̯əŋ/	/ʑiəŋ/	/d͡ʑɨŋ/	/d͡ʑiŋ/	/ʑĭəŋ/	/d͡ʑieŋ/
Character (丞), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 常 (25) Final: 蒸 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 常證切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡ʑɨŋH/	/ʑi̯əŋH/	/ʑiəŋH/	/d͡ʑɨŋH/	/d͡ʑiŋH/	/ʑĭəŋH/	/d͡ʑieŋH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (丞, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
丞								chéng								‹ dzying ›								/*m-təŋ/								assist
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
丞					1414					丞					蒸					0					承					/*ɡljɯŋ/					拯之初文
丞					1415					丞					蒸					0					丞					/*ɡljɯŋs/

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Japanese

Kanji

丞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. to help, to rescue

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

丞 (seung, jeung)
Eumhun:

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

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

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丞

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: thừa, chẳng

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References

• Nom Foundation