承

Translingual

Etymology

人 + both hands + 手

Han character

承 (radical 64 手+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓手人 (NNQO), four-corner 1723₂)

1. inherit, receive
2. succeed

References

• KangXi: page 419, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11852
• Dae Jaweon: page 766, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 54, character 3
• Unihan data for U+627F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

承 (Yale sing4)

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Japanese

Kanji

承 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō), じょう (jō)
• Kun: うけたまわる (承る, uketamawaru), うける (承ける, ukeru), ささげる (承げる, sasageru), とどめる (承める, todomeru), たすける (承ける, tasukeru), こらす (承らす, korasu), ついで (承で, tsuide), すくう (承う, sukuu)
• Nanori: つぐ (tsugu), こと (koto), すけ (suke), つぎ (tsugi), よし (yoshi)

Compounds

承る (uketamawaru): hear, be told 承れば (uketamawareba): from what I am told 承諾 (shōdaku): consent, acquiescence 承知 (shōchi): consent, acceptance 承認 (shōnin): recognition, acknowledgment

承服 (shōfuku): compliance, consent 承継 (shōkei): succession, accession 継承 (keishō): inheritance, succession 伝承 (denshō): transmission, hand down 了承 (ryōshō): acknowledgment

Trivia

This is one of only two kanji with a 5 morae reading, and the only verb, namely 承る (（うけたまわ）る, uketamawa-ru). The only other kanji with a 5 morae reading is the noun 志 (こころざし, kokorozashi), and no kanji have a 6 or more morae reading.

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Korean

Hanja

承 (hangeul 승, revised seung, McCune-Reischauer sŭng, Yale sung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 承办
• 承包
• 承保
• 承担
• 承当
• 承付
• 承管
• 承欢
• 承继
• 承建
• 承教
• 承接
• 承揽
• 承蒙
• 承诺
• 承盘
• 承前启后
• 承情
• 承认
• 承上启下
• 承受
• 承顺
• 承托
• 承望
• 承袭
• 承先启后
• 承想
• 承修
• 承续
• 承印
• 承迎
• 承应
• 承允
• 承运
• 承载
• 承造
• 承做
• 承制
• 承重
• 承重孙
• 承转
• 繼承, 继承

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Vietnamese

Han character

承 (thừa)