乘

See also: 乗 and 椉

Translingual

shinjitai	乗
simplified	乘
traditional	乘

Alternative forms

• 椉

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).

Han character

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

1. ride, ascend
2. avail oneself of
3. numerary adjunct (measure word) for vehicles

Derived characters

• 剩

Related characters

• 椉

See also

• 埀

Descendants

• 乗

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		乘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng, shèng (cheng², sheng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ, ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴, sing⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'êng²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: shêng⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴, sing⁶
    • Yale: sìhng, sihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴, sing⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹/, /sɪŋ²²/

Old Chinese pronunciation (乘, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
乘								chéng								‹ zying ›								/*Cə.ləŋ/								ride (v.)
乘								shèng								‹ zyingH ›								/*Cə.ləŋ-s/								vehicle
乘								shèng								‹ zyingH ›								/*Cə.ləŋ-s/								team of four horses
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
乘					1452					乘					蒸					0					繩					/*ɦljɯŋ/
乘					1458					乘					蒸					0					乗					/*ɦljɯŋs/

Definitions

1. ride (chéng: a vehicle)
2. multiply (chéng: multiply a number by another number)
3. carriage drawn by four horses (shèng)

Compounds

• 大乘 (dàchéng or dàshèng)
• 二乘 (èrshèng)
• 上乘 (shàngshèng)
• 小乘 (xiǎochéng or xiǎoshèng)

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Japanese

Kanji

乘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: じょう (jō), しょう (shō)
• Kun: のる (noru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乘

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Vietnamese

Han character

乘 (thặng, thắng, thừa)

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References

• Nom Foundation