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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
丞 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓水一 (NEM) or 難弓水一 (XNEM), four-corner 17103, composition ⿱氶一)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 78, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40
- Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 19, character 8
- Unihan data for U+4E1E
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 丞
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Shang
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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Oracle bone script
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Small seal script
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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j05046
s01967
Transcribed ancient scripts L33309 L33310 L33311 L33312 L33313 L11084 L11085 L11086 L11087 L11088 L11089 L11090 L11091 L11092 L11093 L11094
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
- Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
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蒸
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*kljɯŋ
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烝
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*kljɯŋ, *kljɯŋs
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篜
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*klɯŋ
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脀
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*kljɯŋ
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拯
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*kljɯŋʔ
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氶
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*kljɯŋʔ
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承
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*ɡljɯŋ
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丞
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*ɡljɯŋ, *ɡljɯŋs
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巹
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*klɯnʔ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 卩 (“kneeling person”) + 廾 (“both hands”) + 凵 (“hole”) – to rescue a person from a hole. Compare 承.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“upper part; rise; raise”).
Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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丞
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chéng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzying ›
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Old Chinese
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/*m-təŋ/
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English
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assist
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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丞
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丞
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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1414
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1415
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Phonetic component
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丞
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丞
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Rime group
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蒸
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蒸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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承
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丞
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡljɯŋ/
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/*ɡljɯŋs/
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Notes
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拯之初文
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Definitions
丞
- † to assist, to aid
- (archaic) a low-level assistant to the governor of a county
- † Alternative form of 承
- a surname
See also
- 輔佐/辅佐 (fǔzuǒ, “to assist”)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
丞
- † Original form of 拯 (zhěng, “to rescue”).
Japanese
Kanji
丞
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- to help, to rescue
Readings
As a variant of 抍:
Korean
Etymology 1
Hanja
丞 (eumhun 도울 승 (doul seung))
- (archaic) hanja form? of 승 (“help”)
Etymology 2
Hanja
丞 (eumhun 구원할 증 (guwonhal jeung))
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 拯 (“hanja form? of 증 (“help”)”)
References
Vietnamese
Han character
丞: Hán Việt readings: thừa
丞: Hán Nôm readings: thừa, chẳng
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