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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Cantonese

Hanzi

乘 (Yale sing4, sing6)

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Japanese

Kanji

乘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

乘
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 승 (seung) (revised: seung, McCune-Reischauer: sŭng)

• Name (hangeul): 탈 (tal) (revised: tal, McCune-Reischauer: t'al)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乘

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Mandarin

Hanzi

乘 (Pinyin chéng (cheng2), shèng (sheng4), Wade-Giles ch'eng², sheng⁴)

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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Vietnamese

Han character

乘 (thặng, thắng, thừa)

References

• Nom Foundation