乗

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See also: 乘 and 垂
乗 U+4E57, 乗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E57
← 乖
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 乘 →

Translingual

Japanese 乗
Simplified 乘
Traditional 乘
Stroke order
Japan

Han character

乗 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+8, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木廿 (HDT), four-corner 20905, composition ⿻千⿱卄𣎴)

Derived characters

  • 乘 (Preferred form in modern Chinese, Kyūjitai form of 乗)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 83, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 153
  • Dae Jaweon: page 166, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 39, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+4E57

Chinese

Glyph origin

Variant form of 乘 written in clerical script found in the 《魯峻碑陰》 stone tablet of the eastern Han period.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 乗 – see 乘 (“to ascend; to go up; to drive; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 乘).

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

乗

Kyūjitai

乘

Kanji

乗

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 乘)

  1. to ride (e.g. a vehicle or a horse)
  2. (mathematics) multiplication

Readings

From Middle Chinese 乘 (MC zying); compare Mandarin 乘 (chéng):

  • Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: しょう (shō)

From Middle Chinese 乘 (MC zyingH); compare Mandarin 乘 (shèng):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

Derived terms

Derived terms

Suffix

乗(じょう) • (-jō) ←じよう (-zyou)?

  1. (mathematics) power
    ３(さん)の３(さん)乗(じょう)は27(にじゅうなな)である。
    San no san-jō wa nijūnana de aru.
    Three to the third power is 27.

Korean

Hanja

乗 (eumhun 탈 승 (tal seung))

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