乘

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乘 U+4E58, 乘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E58
← 乗
[U+4E57]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 乙 →
[U+4E59]
See also: 乗, 椉, and 埀

Translingual[edit]

Shinjitai 乗
Simplified 乘
Traditional 乘

Han character[edit]

乘 (radical 4 丿+9, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木中心 (HDLP), four-corner 20901, composition ⿻禾北)

Derived characters[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • (chiefly Japanese): 乗

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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 乘
alt. forms 乗
椉

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 乘
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
乘-oracle.svg 乘-bronze.svg 乘-bigseal.svg 乘-seal.svg
Oracle bone script
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Bronze inscriptions
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Large seal script
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Small seal script
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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (乘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
乘 *ɦljɯŋ, *ɦljɯŋs
溗 *ɦljɯŋ
塖 *ɦljɯŋ
騬 *ɦljɯŋ
椉 *ɦljɯŋ
剩 *ɦljɯŋs
嵊 *ɦljɯŋs

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).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • 2tshen - vernacular;
  • 3zen - literary.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 乘
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ³⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/ ～法
/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵³/ ～車
Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴⁵/
/t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /tʃʰəŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂʰə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰə̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡sʰən²¹³/
Chengdu /sən³¹/
/t͡sʰən³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰen²¹/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰə̃³¹/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰən²⁴/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /zəŋ²³/
Suzhou /zən¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zen²¹³/
Wenzhou /zeŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰiɛ⁴⁴/
/t͡ɕʰian⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ʂən¹³/
Xiangtan /ʂən¹²/
Gan Nanchang /sɨn⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /sən¹¹/
Taoyuan /ʃen⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /seŋ²¹/
Nanning /seŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /siŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /siŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /siŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sʰeiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /seŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /seŋ³¹/
Rime
Character 乘
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 船 (27)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 食陵切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʑɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʑɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʑieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʑiŋ/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ʑiəŋ/
Wang
Li		 /d͡ʑĭəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shéng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 乘
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chéng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ zying ›
Old
Chinese		 /*Cə.ləŋ/
English ride (v.)

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 乘
Reading # 1/2
No. 1452
Phonetic
component		 乘
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 繩
Old
Chinese		 /*ɦljɯŋ/

Definitions[edit]

乘

  1. † to ascend; to go up
  2. † to mount; to ride
  3. to take (a form of transport)
  4. to make use of; to take advantage of
    乘機 / 乘机  ―  chéngjī  ―  to seize the opportunity
  5. † to pursue; to attack
  6. (mathematics) to multiply
    二乘八等於十六。 / 二乘八等于十六。  ―  Èr chéng bā děngyú shíliù.  ―  Two times eight equals sixteen.
  7. (mathematics) multiplication
    加減乘除 / 加减乘除  ―  jiā jiǎn chéng chú  ―  addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  8. A surname​.

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 乘

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Note: chéng - Mainland standard for the Buddhism sense.
Rime
Character 乘
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 船 (27)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 實證切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʑɨŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʑɨŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʑieŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʑiŋH/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ʑiəŋH/
Wang
Li		 /d͡ʑĭəŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡ʑʰi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shèng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 乘
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shèng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ zyingH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*Cə.ləŋ-s/
English vehicle

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 乘
Reading # 2/2
No. 1458
Phonetic
component		 乘
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 乗
Old
Chinese		 /*ɦljɯŋs/

Definitions[edit]

乘

  1. † Classifier for carriages drawn by four horses.
  2. † history book
  3. (Buddhism) vehicle; creed; yana

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 乘

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

 乗

Kyūjitai

 乘

Kanji[edit]

乘

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 乗)

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

乘 • (seung)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 승 (revised: seung, McCune-Reischauer: sŭng)
    • Name (hangeul): 탈 (revised: tal, McCune-Reischauer: t'al)
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References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

乘 (thặng, thắng, thừa)

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References[edit]

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