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承

承 U+627F, 承
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-627F
← 找
[U+627E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 技 →
[U+6280]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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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))

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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trad. 承
simp. # 承
alternative forms 丞

Glyph origin

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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 person”) + 廾 (“both hands”) – to hold; to carry. Compare 丞. In the seal script, an additional hand 手 was added.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“upper part; rise; raise”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • sîn - vernacular;
  • sêng - literary.
Note:
  • sing5 - vernacular;
  • sêng5 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 承
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ³⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴⁵/
/t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /tʃʰəŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂʰə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰə̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰən²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰən³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰen²¹/
/sen²¹/
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 /ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂən¹³/
Xiangtan /ɖ͡ʐən¹²/
Gan Nanchang /sɨn⁴⁵/ ～不住
/t͡sʰɨn²⁴/ ～認
Hakka Meixian /sən¹¹/
Taoyuan /ʃen¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /seŋ²¹/
Nanning /seŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /siŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /siŋ³⁵/
/sin³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /siŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sʰeiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /seŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /teŋ³¹/
/tin³¹/
Rime
Character 承
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 署陵切
Baxter dzying
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʑɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ʑɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʑieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡ʑiŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ʑiəŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ʑĭəŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʑi̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chéng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 承
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chéng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzying ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[m-t]əŋ/
English receive

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 承
Reading # 1/1
No. 1413
Phonetic
component 		丞
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		承
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡljɯŋ/

Definitions

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承

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

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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承

  1. † Alternative form of 拯 (zhěng)

Japanese

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Kanji

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承

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. acquiesce

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Usage notes

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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; okurigana) 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).

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
承
うけたまわ(り)
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 承 – see the following entry.
【うけたまわり】
[noun] (humble) receiving
[verb] stem or continuative form of うけたまわる (uketamawaru) [godan]
Alternative spelling
承り
(This term, 承, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
承
しょう
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

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承(しょう) • (shō) 

  1. consent

Korean

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese 承 (MC dzying).

Hanja

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承 (eumhun 이을 승 (ieul seung))

  1. hanja form? of 승 (“inherit”)

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Hanja

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承 (eumhun 건질 증 (geonjil jeung))

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 拯 (“hanja form? of 증 (“help”)”)

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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承: Hán Nôm readings: thừa

  1. In excess
  2. Inherit
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