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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 承 U+627F |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 𢪐 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 手+ 4 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.198#26 Kangxi: p.419#19 Cihai: p.561r5c05 GSR: 896.c Hanyu: v1,p0054#03 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𢬫 𢬬 𠉹 𨛾 㴍 𢮋 𤉋 𢁇 𤗓 𦜎 𦲶 𫎷 𦫠 |
| Mandarin: | chéng zhěng ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄥˇ |
| Cantonese: | sing4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *zhiəng |
| Shuowen: | 《手部》承：奉也。受也。从手从卪从𠬞。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·下平声·蒸·承》承：次也，奉也，受也，又姓后汉有承宫。署陵切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·手部·四》承：《唐韵》署陵切《集韵》《韵会》辰陵切，𠀤音丞。《说文》奉也。《书·说命》后克圣，臣不命其承。《诗·小雅》承筐是将。又受也。《礼·礼运》是谓承天之祜。《疏》受天之福也。又《增韵》下载上也。《易·坤彖》万物资生，乃顺承天。《尚书·大传》庶人有石承。《注》屋柱下石也。又《广韵》次也。《左传·昭十三年》同盟于平丘，子产争承。《注》承贡赋之次也。又继也。《诗·小雅》如松柏之茂，无不尔或承。《疏》新故相承，无雕落也。又止也。《诗·鲁颂》则莫我敢承。《疏》无有于我敢御止之者。又通丞。《左传·哀十八年》楚右司马子国帅师而行，请承。《注》承，佐也。又州名。汉牂柯郡地，宋置承州。又姓。《后汉·承宫传注》承姓，衞大夫成叔承之后。又《正韵》时征切，音成。义同。又《集韵》诸仍切，音蒸。水名。《前汉·地理志》长沙国承阳县。《注》承水，出零陵永昌县界，东流注湘。又《集韵》《韵会》𠀤持陵切，音惩。《左传·哀四年》蔡昭侯如吴，诸大夫恐其又迁也，承。《注》承，盖楚言。又《集韵》《类篇》𠀤蒸上声，与抍通。《列子·黄帝篇》孔子观于吕梁，见一丈夫游之，使弟子𠀤流而承之。《注》出溺爲承。直作拯。又《韵会》《正韵》𠀤昨亘切，音赠。犹送也。《礼·文王世子》賵赙承含，皆有正焉。《注》承读爲赠，声之误也。又《集韵》《韵会》𠀤诸应切，音证。县名。《前汉·地理志》东海郡承县。《注》应劭读。又叶辰羊切，音常。《班固·高祖泗水亭𥓓》休勋显祚，永永无疆。于皇旧亭，苗嗣是承。《集韵》或作𢪻。又作氶。 |
| Fanqie: | 署陵 (《广韵·下平声·蒸·承》) |
| Unihan definition: | inherit, receive; succeed |
Example usage
| 《论语·颜渊》: | 子曰：“出门如见大宾，使民如承大祭。” |
| The Master said, "It is, when you go abroad, to behave to every one as if you were receiving a great guest; to employ the people as if you were assisting at a great sacrifice." | |
| 《孟子·万章上》: | 启贤，能敬承继禹之道。 |
| That thus the length of time during which Shun, Yu, and Yi assisted in the government was so different; that Qi was able, as a man of talents and virtue, reverently to pursue the same course as Yu. | |
| 《礼记·缁衣》: | 《易》曰：‘不恒其德，或承之羞。’ |
| It is said in the Yi, "When one does not continuously maintain his virtue, some will impute it to him as a disgrace" | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 成汤丕承也，文王渊懿也。 |
| Cheng Tang was glorious and inherited the Mandate. King Wen was profound and virtuous. | |
| 《墨子·尚贤上》: | 故士者所以为辅相承嗣也。 |
| Therefore, the scholars are really to be officials and governors. | |
| 《庄子·大宗师》: | 古之真人，其状义而不朋，若不足而不承，与乎其觚而不坚也，张乎其虚而不华也，邴邴乎其似喜乎！ |
| The True men of old presented the aspect of judging others aright, but without being partisans; of feeling their own insufficiency, but being without flattery or cringing. Their peculiarities were natural to them, but they were not obstinately attached to them; their humility was evident, but there was nothing of unreality or display about it. Their placidity and satisfaction had the appearance of joy. | |
| 《商君书·开塞》: | 故圣人承之，作为土地货财男女之分。 |
| Therefore a sage, who received the administration, made divisions of land and property, of men and women. | |
| 《荀子·王制》: | 诸侯莫不怀交接怨，而不忘其敌，伺强大之间，承强大之敝，此强大之殆时也。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 曰，亦二承明，继体守文之君之寝，曰左右之路寝。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷三》: | 康子避席再拜曰：“仆虽不敏，请承此语矣。” |
| 《大戴礼记·礼察》: | 人主胡不承殷周秦事以观之乎？ |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 帝者，谛也，像可承也。 |
| 《新书·兵车之容》: | 故曰：明君在位可畏，施舍可爱，进退可度，周旋可则，容貌可观，作事可法，德行可象，声气可乐，动作有文，言语有章，以承其上，以接其等，以临其下，以畜其民。 |
| 《新序·节士》: | 恭严承命，不逆君安。 |
| 《孔子家语·问礼》: | 以正君臣，以笃父子，以睦兄弟，以齐上下，夫妇有所，是谓承天之祜。 |
| 《潜夫论·考绩》: | 圣王之建百官也，皆以承天治地，物养万民者也。 |
| 《论衡·偶会》: | 父殁而子嗣，姑死而妇代，非子妇代代使父姑终殁也，老少年次自相承也。 |
| 《太玄经·䎡》: | 次六，缩失时，或承之灾。 |
| 《风俗通义·五帝》: | 言其承易文，之以质，使天下蒙化，皆贵贞悫也。 |
| 《孔丛子·广诂》: | 承、弟、班、列，次也。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 惟先哲王之政，一曰承天，二曰正身，三曰任贤，四曰恤民，五曰明制，六曰立业。 |
| 《忠经·兆人章》: | 是故祗承君之法度，行孝悌于其家，服勤稼穑以供王赋，此兆人之忠也。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 故知天者仰观天文，知地者俯察地理，跂行喘息，蜎飞蠕动之类，水生陆行，根著叶长之属，为宁其心而安其性，盖天地相承，气感相应而成者也。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 秦承周末为汉驱除，自以德兼三皇，功包五帝，故并以为号。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 宣帝但起园陵长承奉守，不敢加尊号于祖父也。 |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 见一丈夫游之，以为有苦而欲死者也，使弟子益流而承之。 |
| 《鶡冠子·王鈇》: | 故其后世之保教也全，耳目不营，用心不分，不见异物，而迁捐私去毒，钩于内哲，固于所守，更始逾新，上元为纪，共承嘉惠相高不改亶昭穆，具招士先结之，后入弗解，此知极之至也。 |
| 《文子·上德》: | 月望日夺光，阴不可以承阳，日出星可见，不能与之争光，末不可以强于本，枝不可以大于干，上重下轻，其覆必易。 |
| 《列仙传·稷丘君》: | 为稷丘君立祠焉，为稷承奉之云。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 我无为而民自化，圣人言：我修道承天，无所改作，而民自化成也。 |
| 《韩非子·八奸》: | 曰：优笑侏儒，左右近习，此人主未命而唯唯，未使而诺诺，先意承旨，观貌察色以先主心者也。 |
| 《管子·弟子职》: | 栉之远近，乃承厥火。 |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 昔承桑氏之君，修德废武，以灭其国。 |
| 《六韬·文伐》: | 承意应事，如与同生。 |
| 《尉缭子·原官》: | 诸侯有谨天子之礼，君臣继世，承王之命也。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 有虞氏之祀，其社用土，祀中溜，葬成亩，其乐咸池、承云、九韶，其服尚黄。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·直谏》: | 葆申曰：“臣承先王之令，不敢废也。” |
| 《鬼谷子·权篇》: | 先意承欲者，谄也。 |
| 《尹文子·大道下》: | 得之于眉睫之闲，承之于言行之先。 |
| 《史记·周本纪》: | 若节春秋来承王命，何以礼焉。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 冬齐侯使来告成三国，公使众仲对曰，君释三国之图，以鸠其民，君之惠也，寡君闻命矣，敢不承受君之明德。 |
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