Chinese Character Wiki
承

chéng

bear, carry

Pictograph of hands (廾, 手) carrying a person.

Components
卩 iconic component

卩  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Depicts a person being carried.

手 iconic component

手  Iconic component

shǒu

  

hand

廾 iconic component

廾  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

承 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
承 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
承 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
承 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
承 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

承  

chéng

inherit, receive; succeed; to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive

承  

Chéng

surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán​dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén​nóng] Farmer God

Most common words with 承
Freq.
Word
Meaning

承认

to admit

承诺

to promise

承担

to undertake

承受

to bear

继承

to inherit

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[m-t]əŋ

dzying

chéng

receive


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 59.3945% of movies

722nd most common character in movies

639th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+627F

Shuowen

“承，奉也，受也。从手，从卪，从。”


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