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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Cantonese

Hanzi

丞 (jyutping sing4, Yale sing4)

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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
Eumhun:

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

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

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丞

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

丞 (thừa, chẳng)

References

• Nom Foundation