乘
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[edit] Translingual
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| 乘 | |
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[edit] Etymology
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).
[edit] Han character
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
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[edit] References
- 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
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
乘 (Yale sing4, sing6)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
乘
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[edit] Hanja
乘
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 승 (revised: seung, McCune-Reischauer: sŭng)
- Name (hangeul): 탈 (revised: tal, McCune-Reischauer: t'al)
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[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
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)