承

承	U+627F, 承 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-627F

← 找
[U+627E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

技 →
[U+6280]

Translingual

Stroke order

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))

Derived characters

𠉹, 𰇻, 𢮋, 㴍, 𰗸, 𤗓, 𦜎, 𫎷, 𰸧, 𢬫, 𢬬, 𰔄, 𢁇, 𦫠, 𨛾, 𦲶

References

KangXi: 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

trad.		承
simp. ^#		承
alternative forms		丞

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)
(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ
(Chengdu, SP): cen²
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): siin⁴ / ciin²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n
(Meixian, Guangdong): sen²
Jin (Wiktionary): ceng¹
Min Bei (KCR): chěng
Min Dong (BUC): sìng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sîn / sêng
(Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ / sêng⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): zen (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): chen²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²
  - Yale: chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
  - Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cen²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰən²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴
  - Yale: sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: siin⁴ / ciin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɨn³⁵/, /t͡sʰɨn²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sen²
  - Sinological IPA: /sən¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ceng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰə̃ŋ¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chěng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeiŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn / sêng
  - Tâi-lô: sîn / sîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siin, seeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²⁴/, /ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin²⁴/, /ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin¹³/, /ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕin²⁴/, /ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin²³/, /ɕiɪŋ²³/

Note:

sîn - vernacular;
sêng - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sing⁵ / sêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng / sêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵/, /seŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

sing5 - vernacular;
sêng5 - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: zen (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥əɲ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: chen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰən¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰən¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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/
Hui	Tunxi	/ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂən¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɖ͡ʐən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɨn⁴⁵/ ～不住 /t͡sʰɨn²⁴/ ～認
Hakka	Meixian	/sən¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ʃen¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/seŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/seŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/siŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/siŋ³⁵/ /sin³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/siŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sʰeiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/seŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/teŋ³¹/ /tin³¹/

Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑɨŋ/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiŋ/
Li Rong	/ʑiəŋ/
Wang Li	/ʑĭəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-t]əŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡljɯŋ/

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

承

to receive; to accept; to inherit
to undertake; to contract (a job)
to continue; to carry on; to succeed
to be obliged; to be indebted to
a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 承

不承望
仰承
供承
允承
先意承志
先意承旨
嗣承
坦承 (tǎnchéng)
多承
奉令承教
奉承 (fèngchéng)
屈意奉承
待承
承乏
承付
承任
承保 (chéngbǎo)
承修
承值
承做
承允
承前
承包 (chéngbāo)
承包商 (chéngbāoshāng)
承印
承受 (chéngshòu)
承嗣
承基
承奉
承宣
承局
承差
承平 (chéngpíng)
承建 (chéngjiàn)
承恩
承情
承想 (chéngxiǎng)
承意
承托
承接 (chéngjiē)
承教
承旨
承望
承直
承睫
承祧
承租 (chéngzū)
承管
承籍
承翼
承蒙 (chéngméng)
承蜩
承行 (chéngxíng)
承起

承迎
承造
承重 (chéngzhòng)
承霤
承露
招承
概括承受
直承
相承 (xiāngchéng)
看承
破承
祗承
秉承 (bǐngchéng)
迎意承旨
逢低承接
一力承當／一力承当
一手承運／一手承运
一脈相承／一脉相承 (yīmàixiāngchéng)
代位繼承／代位继承
傳承／传承 (chuánchéng)
共同繼承／共同继承
勞承／劳承
四海承風／四海承风
國家承認／国家承认
奉天承運／奉天承运
奉承話／奉承话
嫡孫承重／嫡孙承重
子承父業／子承父业
師承／师承 (shīchéng)
平均繼承／平均继承
慷慨擔承／慷慨担承
應天承運／应天承运
應承／应承 (yìngchéng)
承上啟下／承上启下
承先啟後／承先启后 (chéngxiānqǐhòu)
承兌／承兑
承前啟後／承前启后 (chéngqiánqǐhòu)
承務／承务
承問／承问
承塵／承尘 (chéngchén)
承審員／承审员
承寵／承宠
承恩門／承恩门
承應／承应 (chéngyìng)
承擔／承担 (chéngdān)
承攬／承揽 (chénglǎn)
承攬契約／承揽契约
承歡／承欢 (chénghuān)
承歡獻媚／承欢献媚 (chénghuān xiànmèi)
承歡膝下／承欢膝下 (chénghuān xīxià)
承當／承当 (chéngdāng)
承當不起／承当不起
承盤／承盘
承繼／承继 (chéngjì)

承續／承续 (chéngxù)
承聞／承闻
承製／承制 (chéngzhì)
承襲／承袭 (chéngxí)
承認／承认 (chéngrèn)
承諾／承诺 (chéngnuò)
承諾值／承诺值
承讓／承让 (chéngràng)
承購／承购
承購權／承购权
承載／承载 (chéngzài)
承轉／承转
承辦／承办 (chéngbàn)
承運／承运 (chéngyùn)
承重孫／承重孙
承重牆／承重墙
承銷／承销
承銷商／承销商
承順／承顺
承順逢迎／承顺逢迎
承領／承领
承頭／承头
承題／承题 (chéngtí)
承顏／承颜
承顏候色／承颜候色
承顏接辭／承颜接辞
承顏順旨／承颜顺旨
承風希旨／承风希旨
拒絕承付／拒绝承付
擔承／担承 (dānchéng)
擲級承矛／掷级承矛
望風承旨／望风承旨
欽承／钦承
滿口應承／满口应承
破承題／破承题
稟承／禀承
空氣軸承／空气轴承
紹承／绍承
經承／经承
總承／总承
繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
繼承人／继承人 (jìchéngrén)
繼承權／继承权
繼承法／继承法
菽水承歡／菽水承欢 (shúshuǐ chénghuān)
被繼承人／被继承人
誰承望／谁承望
貫魚承寵／贯鱼承宠
起承轉合／起承转合 (qǐchéngzhuǎnhé)
趨承／趋承
軸承／轴承 (zhóuchéng)
辱承華翰／辱承华翰
阿諛奉承／阿谀奉承 (ēyúfèngchéng)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhěng (zheng³)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing²

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing²
  - Yale: chíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵/

Definitions

承

^† Alternative form of 拯 (zhěng).
- 見一丈夫游之，以為有苦而欲死者也。使弟子並流而承之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  见一丈夫游之，以为有苦而欲死者也。使弟子并流而承之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE
  Jiàn yī zhàngfū yóu zhī, yǐwèi yǒu kǔ ér yù sǐ zhě yě. Shǐ dìzǐ bìng liú ér zhěng zhī. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Japanese

Kanji

承

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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, historical)}; うけたまわり (uketamawari, 承)^{←うけたまはり (uketamafari, historical)}; うけたまわり (uketamawari, 承り)^{←うけたまはり (uketamafari, 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, historical)}
Nanori: うけ (uke); こと (koto); すけ (suke); つぎ (tsugi); つぐ (tsugu); よし (yoshi)

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.

Etymology 1

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 spellings
承り, 承

(This term, 承, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

承(しょう) • (shō)

consent

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 承 (MC d͡ʑɨŋ).

Hanja

承 (eumhun 이을 승 (ieul seung))

Hanja form^? of 승 (“inherit”).

Compounds

계승 (繼承, gyeseung, “inheritance”)
승낙 (承諾, seungnak, “consent, assent, agreement, acceptation”)

Hanja

承 (eumhun 건질 증 (geonjil jeung))

(obsolete) Alternative form of 拯 (拯, “Hanja form^? of 증 (“help”).”)

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

承: Hán Nôm readings: thừa

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