承

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

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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))

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

• 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

trad.		承
simp. #		承
alternative forms		丞

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.

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

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

承

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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 usage example)

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. acquiesce

• 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: うけ (uke)、こと (koto)、すけ (suke)、つぎ (tsugi)、つぐ (tsugu)、よし (yoshi)

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).

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.)

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

承(しょう) • (shō) 

1. consent

From Middle Chinese 承 (MC dzying).

承 (eumhun 이을 승 (ieul seung))

1. hanja form^? of 승 (“inherit”)

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

承 (eumhun 건질 증 (geonjil jeung))

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

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

承: Hán Nôm readings: thừa

1. In excess
2. Inherit