承 — Chinese character
承
chéng
to undertake, to bear, to accept a duty; inheritance
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 了 三
- Formation
- ideographic — Three hands 手 lifting a dead body 了
- Japanese
- 承 as a kanji
Common words with 承
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 承认 (承認) | chéng rèn | to admit; to concede |
| 承诺 (承諾) | chéng nuò | to promise; to undertake to do something |
| 承担 (承擔) | chéng dān | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) |
| 继承 (繼承) | jì chéng | to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc) |
| 承受 | chéng shòu | to bear; to support |
| 传承 (傳承) | chuán chéng | to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times) |
| 继承人 (繼承人) | jì chéng rén | heir; successor |
| 承办 (承辦) | chéng bàn | to undertake; to accept a contract |
| 承包 | chéng bāo | to contract; to undertake (a job) |
| 承载 (承載) | chéng zài | to bear the weight; to sustain |
| 承接 | chéng jiē | to receive; to accept |
| 承袭 (承襲) | chéng xí | to inherit; to follow |
English words written with 承
承 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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