漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
承: acquiesce, hear
Also: listen to, be informed, receive
JLPT N28 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
了, 三 and 水 are drawn in
8 strokes
Bronze · Western Zhou Today
Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 承諾するしょうだくするconsent, accept, be informed
- 承知するしょうちするagree, consent
- 承認するしょうにんするapprove
- 継承するけいしょうするinherit
- 伝承でんしょうoral tradition (e.g. folklore)
うけたまわるuketamawaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 承るうけたまわるhear, take (an order) [hum.]
Also read ジョウ, うける, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Lend a hand! This radical is the ultimate symbol of human action and creativity.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
了
Also built on complete (了)
三
Also built on three (三)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side承 acquiesce · 了 + 水
vs寿 longevity · 丿 + 寸In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chéng
Same form: 承 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 承 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 承 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chéng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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