丞

See also: 氶

丞	U+4E1E, 丞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E1E

← 丝
[U+4E1D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

丟 →
[U+4E1F]

Translingual

Han character

丞 (radical 1, 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓水一 (NEM) or X弓水一 (XNEM), four-corner 1710₃, composition ⿱氶一)

References

KangXi: page 78, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40
Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 19, character 8
Unihan data for U+4E1E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丞

Glyph origin

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

**Oracle bone script**
j05046

**Small seal script**
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

Pictogram (象形) .

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n
Min Dong (BUC): sìng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): zen (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'êng²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴
  - Yale: sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin²
  - IPA: /sɨn¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng
  - IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng
  - Tâi-lô: sîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng
  - IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: zen (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /z̻əɲ²³/

Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑɨŋ/, /d͡ʑɨŋ^H/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨŋ/	/d͡ʑɨŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑɨŋ/	/d͡ʑɨŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑieŋ/	/d͡ʑieŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiŋ/	/d͡ʑiŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ʑiəŋ/	/ʑiəŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ʑĭəŋ/	/ʑĭəŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯əŋ/	/ʑi̯əŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	shèng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-təŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡljɯŋ/, /*ɡljɯŋs/

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

丞

to assist, to aid
(archaic) a low-level assistant to the governor of a county

Japanese

Kanji

丞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

to help, to rescue

Readings

Go-on: じょう (jō)
Kan-on: しょう (shō)
Kun: すくう (sukuu, 丞う)^{←すくふ (sukufu, historical)}; たすける (tasukeru, 丞ける)
Nanori: すけ (suke)

As a variant of 抍:

Go-on: じょう (jō)
Kan-on: じょう (jō)

Korean

Hanja

丞 • (seung, jeung)

Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 승, 증 (revised: seung, jeung, McCune–Reischauer: sŭng, chŭng)
- Name (hangeul): 정승, 나아갈 (revised: jeongseung, naagal, McCune–Reischauer: chǒngsǔng, naagal)

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References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丞

Vietnamese

Han character

丞: Hán Nôm readings: thừa, chẳng

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References

Nom Foundation

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