承 — kanji meaning “acquiesce”
承
acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
- Meanings
- acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)、ジョウ (jou)
- Kun'yomi
- うけたまわ.る、う.ける
- Name readings
- つぐ、こと、すけ、つぎ、よし、うけ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #775 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- chéng — Chinese character page
Words with 承
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 承認 | しょうにん shounin | recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment |
| 了承 | りょうしょう ryoushou | acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding |
| 承知 | しょうち shouchi | knowledge; awareness |
| 承諾 | しょうだく shoudaku | consent; approval; acceptance |
| 継承 | けいしょう keishou | inheritance; succession; accession |
| 伝承 | でんしょう denshou | handing down (information); legend; tradition |
| 承服 | しょうふく shoufuku | accepting; consenting; agreeing |
| 承継 | しょうけい shoukei | succession; accession; inheritance |
| 承る | うけたまわる uketamawaru | to hear; to be told; to know |
| 起承転結 | きしょうてんけつ kishoutenketsu | introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry) |
| 承前 | しょうぜん shouzen | continued |
| 相承 | そうしょう soushou | inheritance |
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