承

承 U+627F, 承 ← 找[U+627E] CJK Unified Ideographs 技 →[U+6280] Stroke order

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))

• 㴍

• 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 *tVŋ (“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, 1st – 5th century CEJiàn 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] (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