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丞

See also: 氶
丞 U+4E1E, 丞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E1E
← 丝
[U+4E1D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丟 →
[U+4E1F]

Translingual

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Han character

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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

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References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.
 丞

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 丞
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
 
j05046
 
s01967
Transcribed ancient scripts
 
L33309
 
L33310
 
L33311
 
L33312
 
L33313
 
L11084
 
L11085
 
L11086
 
L11087
 
L11088
 
L11089
 
L11090
 
L11091
 
L11092
 
L11093
 
L11094
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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (丞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蒸 *kljɯŋ
烝 *kljɯŋ, *kljɯŋs
篜 *klɯŋ
脀 *kljɯŋ
拯 *kljɯŋʔ
氶 *kljɯŋʔ
承 *ɡljɯŋ
丞 *ɡljɯŋ, *ɡljɯŋs
巹 *klɯnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 卩 (“kneeling person”) + 廾 (“both hands”) + 凵 (“hole”) – to rescue a person from a hole. Compare 承.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“upper part; rise; raise”).

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character 丞 丞
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 常 (25) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 署陵切 常證切
Baxter dzying dzyingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʑɨŋ/ /d͡ʑɨŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ʑɨŋ/ /d͡ʑɨŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʑieŋ/ /d͡ʑieŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡ʑiŋ/ /d͡ʑiŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ʑiəŋ/ /ʑiəŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ʑĭəŋ/ /ʑĭəŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʑi̯əŋ/ /ʑi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chéng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sing4 sing6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丞
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chéng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzying ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-təŋ/
English assist

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 丞 丞
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1414 1415
Phonetic
component 		丞 丞
Rime
group 		蒸 蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		承 丞
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡljɯŋ/ /*ɡljɯŋs/
Notes 拯之初文

Definitions

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丞

  1. † to assist, to aid
  2. (archaic) a low-level assistant to the governor of a county
  3. † Alternative form of 承
  4. a surname
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Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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丞

  1. † Original form of 拯 (zhěng, “to rescue”).

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Kanji

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丞

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. to help, to rescue

Readings

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As a variant of 抍:

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Hanja

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丞 (eumhun 도울 승 (doul seung))

  1. (archaic) hanja form? of 승 (“help”)

Etymology 2

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Hanja

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丞 (eumhun 구원할 증 (guwonhal jeung))

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 拯 (“hanja form? of 증 (“help”)”)

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Han character

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丞: Hán Việt readings: thừa
丞: Hán Nôm readings: thừa, chẳng

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