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

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/ /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
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

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

See also

Japanese

Kanji

丞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. to help, to rescue

Readings

As a variant of 抍:

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

Vietnamese

Han character

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