乘
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Translingual [edit]
| 乗 | |
| 乘 | |
| 乘 |
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pictogram (象形) – climbing a tree 木, with the feet visible. Etymology clearer in alternative form 椉. In this form, simplified to 禾 + 北 (tree + top, feet).
Han character [edit]
乘 (radical 4 丿+9, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木中心 (HDLP), four-corner 20901, composition ⿻禾北)
- ride, ascend
- avail oneself of
- numerary adjunct (measure word) for vehicles
Derived characters [edit]
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Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- KangXi: page 83, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 154
- Dae Jaweon: page 166, character 40
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 40, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4E58
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
乘 (Yale sing4, sing6)
Japanese [edit]
Kanji [edit]
乘
Readings [edit]
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
乘
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 승 (revised: seung, McCune-Reischauer: sŭng)
- Name (hangeul): 탈 (revised: tal, McCune-Reischauer: t'al)
References [edit]
Mandarin [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
乘 (pinyin chéng (cheng2), shèng (sheng4), Wade-Giles ch'eng2, sheng4)
- ride (chéng: a vehicle)
- multiply (chéng: multiply a number by another number)
- carriage drawn by four horses (shèng)