承

Translingual

Han character

承 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓手人 (NNQO), four-corner 1723₂, composition ⿲㇇⿻了三⿺乀丿(GJKV) or ⿲㇇⿻了三⿱丿乀(HT))

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		承
simp. #		承

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 承
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (丞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蒸	*kljɯŋ
烝	*kljɯŋ, *kljɯŋs
篜	*klɯŋ
脀	*kljɯŋ
拯	*kljɯŋʔ
氶	*kljɯŋʔ
承	*ɡljɯŋ
丞	*ɡljɯŋ, *ɡljɯŋs
巹	*klɯnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 卩 (“kneeling man”) + 廾 (“both hands”) – to hold; to carry. In the seal script, an additional hand 手 was added.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 承

1. to undertake; to contract (a job)
2. to receive; to inherit
3. to continue; to carry on; to succeed
4. to be obliged; to be indebted to
5. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěng (zheng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng³
    • Yale: jěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing²
    • Yale: chíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 承

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Japanese

Kanji

承

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. acquiesce

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じよう (zyou, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kun: うけたまわる (uketamawaru, 承る, Jōyō)^{←うけたまはる (uketamafaru, 承る, historical)}; うけたまわり (uketamawari, 承)^{←うけたまはり (uketamafari, 承, historical)}; うけたまわり (uketamawari, 承り)^{←うけたまはり (uketamafari, 承り, historical)}; うける (ukeru, 承ける); ささげる (sasageru, 承げる); とどめる (todomeru, 承める); たすける (tasukeru, 承ける); こらす (korasu, 承らす); ついで (tsuide, 承で); すくう (sukuu, 承う)^{←すくふ (sukufu, 承ふ, historical)}
• Nanori: こと (koto); すけ (suke); つぎ (tsugi); つぐ (tsugu); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 承諾(しょうだく) (shōdaku): consent, acquiescence
• 承知(しょうち) (shōchi): consent, acceptance
• 承認(しょうにん) (shōnin): recognition, acknowledgment
• 承服(しょうふく) (shōfuku): compliance, consent
• 承継(しょうけい) (shōkei): succession, accession
• 継承(けいしょう) (keishō): inheritance, succession
• 伝承(でんしょう) (denshō): transmission, hand down
• 了承(りょうしょう) (ryōshō): acknowledgment

Usage notes

This may be the only kanji with a six-mora reading, of uketamawari. However, this reading is more often spelled with the final -ri spelled in kana (as 承り) to clarify and disambiguate the reading of the single kanji.

This kanji is also one of very few kanji with five-mora readings, and the only verb, namely 承る (uketamawaru, with the kanji comprising the five-mora uketamawa- part). Other kanji with five-mora readings are the nouns 志 (kokorozashi), 詔 / 勅 (mikotonori), and 宰 / 司 (mikotomochi). No kanji have a reading of more than six morae.

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Korean

Hanja

承 • (seung, jeung) (hangeul 승, 증, revised seung, jeung, McCune–Reischauer sŭng, jŭng, Yale sung, jung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 承 (thừa)

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