| Chinese Text Project |
| 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 𨛾 𠉹 㴍 𢮋 𤉋 𤗓 𦜎 𦲶 𢁇 𦫠 𫎷 |
| 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: | 《廣韻·下平聲·蒸·承》承：次也，奉也，受也，又姓後漢有承宫。署陵切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·手部·四》承：《唐韻》署陵切《集韻》《韻會》辰陵切，𠀤音丞。《說文》奉也。《書·說命》后克聖，臣不命其承。《詩·小雅》承筐是將。又受也。《禮·禮運》是謂承天之祜。《疏》受天之福也。又《增韻》下載上也。《易·坤彖》萬物資生，乃順承天。《尚書·大傳》庶人有石承。《註》屋柱下石也。又《廣韻》次也。《左傳·昭十三年》同盟于平丘，子產爭承。《註》承貢賦之次也。又繼也。《詩·小雅》如松柏之茂，無不爾或承。《疏》新故相承，無彫落也。又止也。《詩·魯頌》則莫我敢承。《疏》無有於我敢禦止之者。又通丞。《左傳·哀十八年》楚右司馬子國帥師而行，請承。《註》承，佐也。又州名。漢牂柯郡地，宋置承州。又姓。《後漢·承宮傳註》承姓，衞大夫成叔承之後。又《正韻》時征切，音成。義同。又《集韻》諸仍切，音蒸。水名。《前漢·地理志》長沙國承陽縣。《註》承水，出零陵永昌縣界，東流注湘。又《集韻》《韻會》𠀤持陵切，音懲。《左傳·哀四年》蔡昭侯如吳，諸大夫恐其又遷也，承。《註》承，蓋楚言。又《集韻》《類篇》𠀤蒸上聲，與抍通。《列子·黃帝篇》孔子觀於呂梁，見一丈夫游之，使弟子𠀤流而承之。《註》出溺爲承。直作拯。又《韻會》《正韻》𠀤昨亙切，音贈。猶送也。《禮·文王世子》賵賻承含，皆有正焉。《註》承讀爲贈，聲之誤也。又《集韻》《韻會》𠀤諸應切，音證。縣名。《前漢·地理志》東海郡承縣。《註》應劭讀。又叶辰羊切，音常。《班固·高祖泗水亭𥓓》休勳顯祚，永永無疆。於皇舊亭，苗嗣是承。《集韻》或作𢪻。又作氶。 |
| Fanqie: | 署陵 (《廣韻·下平聲·蒸·承》) |
| Unihan definition: | inherit, receive; succeed |
Example usage
| 《論語·顏淵》: | 子曰：「出門如見大賓，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·萬章上》: | 啟賢，能敬承繼禹之道。 |
| 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. | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 《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" | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 成湯丕承也，文王淵懿也。 |
| Cheng Tang was glorious and inherited the Mandate. King Wen was profound and virtuous. | |
| 《墨子·尚賢上》: | 故士者所以為輔相承嗣也。 |
| Therefore, the scholars are really to be officials and governors. | |
| 《莊子·大宗師》: | 古之真人，其狀義而不朋，若不足而不承，與乎其觚而不堅也，張乎其虛而不華也，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. | |
| 《商君書·開塞》: | 故聖人承之，作為土地貨財男女之分。 |
| Therefore a sage, who received the administration, made divisions of land and property, of men and women. | |
| 《荀子·王制》: | 諸侯莫不懷交接怨，而不忘其敵，伺彊大之間，承彊大之敝，此彊大之殆時也。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 曰，亦二承明，繼體守文之君之寢，曰左右之路寢。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷三》: | 康子避席再拜曰：「僕雖不敏，請承此語矣。」 |
| 《大戴禮記·禮察》: | 人主胡不承殷周秦事以觀之乎？ |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 帝者，諦也，像可承也。 |
| 《新書·兵車之容》: | 故曰：明君在位可畏，施舍可愛，進退可度，周旋可則，容貌可觀，作事可法，德行可象，聲氣可樂，動作有文，言語有章，以承其上，以接其等，以臨其下，以畜其民。 |
| 《新序·節士》: | 恭嚴承命，不逆君安。 |
| 《孔子家語·問禮》: | 以正君臣，以篤父子，以睦兄弟，以齊上下，夫婦有所，是謂承天之祜。 |
| 《潛夫論·考績》: | 聖王之建百官也，皆以承天治地，物養萬民者也。 |
| 《論衡·偶會》: | 父歿而子嗣，姑死而婦代，非子婦代代使父姑終歿也，老少年次自相承也。 |
| 《太玄經·䎡》: | 次六，縮失時，或承之菑。 |
| 《風俗通義·五帝》: | 言其承易文，之以質，使天下蒙化，皆貴貞愨也。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣詁》: | 承、弟、班、列，次也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 惟先哲王之政，一曰承天，二曰正身，三曰任賢，四曰恤民，五曰明制，六曰立業。 |
| 《忠經·兆人章》: | 是故祗承君之法度，行孝悌於其家，服勤稼穡以供王賦，此兆人之忠也。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故知天者仰觀天文，知地者俯察地理，跂行喘息，蜎飛蠕動之類，水生陸行，根著葉長之屬，為寧其心而安其性，蓋天地相承，氣感相應而成者也。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 秦承周末為漢驅除，自以德兼三皇，功包五帝，故并以為號。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 宣帝但起園陵長承奉守，不敢加尊號于祖父也。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 見一丈夫游之，以為有苦而欲死者也，使弟子益流而承之。 |
| 《鶡冠子·王鈇》: | 故其後世之保教也全，耳目不營，用心不分，不見異物，而遷捐私去毒，鉤於內哲，固於所守，更始逾新，上元為紀，共承嘉惠相高不改亶昭穆，具招士先結之，後入弗解，此知極之至也。 |
| 《文子·上德》: | 月望日奪光，陰不可以承陽，日出星可見，不能與之爭光，末不可以強於本，枝不可以大於幹，上重下輕，其覆必易。 |
| 《列仙傳·稷丘君》: | 為稷丘君立祠焉，為稷承奉之云。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 我無為而民自化，聖人言：我修道承天，無所改作，而民自化成也。 |
| 《韓非子·八姦》: | 曰：優笑侏儒，左右近習，此人主未命而唯唯，未使而諾諾，先意承旨，觀貌察色以先主心者也。 |
| 《管子·弟子職》: | 櫛之遠近，乃承厥火。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 昔承桑氏之君，修德廢武，以滅其國。 |
| 《六韜·文伐》: | 承意應事，如與同生。 |
| 《尉繚子·原官》: | 諸侯有謹天子之禮，君臣繼世，承王之命也。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 有虞氏之祀，其社用土，祀中溜，葬成畝，其樂咸池、承雲、九韶，其服尚黃。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·直諫》: | 葆申曰：「臣承先王之令，不敢廢也。」 |
| 《鬼谷子·權篇》: | 先意承欲者，諂也。 |
| 《尹文子·大道下》: | 得之於眉睫之閒，承之於言行之先。 |
| 《史記·周本紀》: | 若節春秋來承王命，何以禮焉。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 冬齊侯使來告成三國，公使眾仲對曰，君釋三國之圖，以鳩其民，君之惠也，寡君聞命矣，敢不承受君之明德。 |
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