承

承 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓手人 (NNQO), four-corner 1723₂, composition ⿲㇇⿻了三⿺乀丿(GJKV) or ⿲㇇⿻了三⿱丿乀(HT))

• 𠉹, 𰇻, 𢮋, 㴍, 𰗸, 𤗓, 𦜎, 𫎷, 𰸧, 𢬫, 𢬬, 𰔄, 𢁇, 𦫠, 𨛾, 𦲶

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 419, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11852
• Dae Jaweon: page 766, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 54, character 3
• Unihan data for U+627F

Historical forms of the character 承
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 卩 (“kneeling person”) + 廾 (“both hands”) – to hold; to carry. Compare 丞. In the seal script, an additional hand 手 was added.

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

承

1. to receive; to accept; to inherit
2. to undertake; to contract (a job)
3. to continue; to carry on; to succeed
4. to be obliged; to be indebted to
5. a surname

承

1. ^† Alternative form of 拯 (zhěng)

   • 見一丈夫游之，以為有苦而欲死者也。使弟子並流而承之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     见一丈夫游之，以为有苦而欲死者也。使弟子并流而承之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Jiàn yī zhàngfū yóu zhī, yǐwèi yǒu kǔ ér yù sǐ zhě yě. Shǐ dìzǐ bìng liú ér zhěng zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. acquiesce

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じよう (zyou, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kun: うけたまわる (uketamawaru, 承る, Jōyō)^{←うけたまはる (uketamafaru, 承る, historical)}; うけたまわり (uketamawari, 承)^{←うけたまはり (uketamafari, 承, historical)}; うけたまわり (uketamawari, 承り)^{←うけたまはり (uketamafari, 承り, historical)}; うける (ukeru, 承ける); ささげる (sasageru, 承げる); とどめる (todomeru, 承める); たすける (tasukeru, 承ける); こらす (korasu, 承らす); ついで (tsuide, 承で); すくう (sukuu, 承う)^{←すくふ (sukufu, 承ふ, historical)}
• Nanori: うけ (uke); こと (koto); すけ (suke); つぎ (tsugi); つぐ (tsugu); よし (yoshi)

This may be the only kanji with a six-mora reading, of uketamawari. However, this reading is more often spelled with the final -ri spelled in kana (as 承り; okurigana) to clarify and disambiguate the reading of the single kanji.

This kanji is also one of very few kanji with five-mora readings, and the only verb, namely 承る (uketamawaru, with the kanji comprising the five-mora uketamawa- part). Other kanji with five-mora readings are the nouns 志 (kokorozashi), 詔 / 勅 (mikotonori), and 宰 / 司 (mikotomochi). No kanji have a reading of more than six morae.

承(しょう) • (shō) 

1. consent

From Middle Chinese 承 (MC dzying).

承 (eumhun 이을 승 (ieul seung))

1. Hanja form^? of 승 (“inherit”).

• 계승 (繼承, gyeseung, “inheritance”)
• 승낙 (承諾, seungnak, “consent, assent, agreement, acceptation”)

承 (eumhun 건질 증 (geonjil jeung))

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

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

承: Hán Nôm readings: thừa

1. In excess
2. Inherit