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丞 (Kangxi radical 1,一+5, 6 strokes,cangjie input弓水一 (NEM) or難弓水一 (XNEM),four-corner1710₃,composition⿱氶一)

• 拯,洆,䡕,㷥,䒱,䇰,卺,巹,烝,脀

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 78, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40
• Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 19, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4E1E

Historical forms of the character丞
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
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).

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 卩(“kneeling person”) + 廾(“both hands”) + 凵(“hole”) – to rescue a person from a hole. Compare承.

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*tVŋ(“upper part; rise; raise”).

丞

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) toassist, toaid
2. (archaic) a low-level assistant to the governor of a county
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)alternative form of承
4. asurname

• 輔佐／辅佐 (fǔzuǒ, “to assist”)

丞

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)Original form of拯 (zhěng, “to rescue”).

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. tohelp, torescue

• Go-on:じょう(jō)
• Kan-on:しょう(shō)
• Kun:すくう(sukuu,丞う)^{←すくふ(sukufu,丞ふ,historical)}、たすける(tasukeru,丞ける)
• Nanori:すけ(suke)

As a variant of抍:

• Go-on:じょう(jō)
• Kan-on:じょう(jō)

• “^▲丞”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

丞 (eumhun도울승(doul seung))

1. (archaic)hanja form^? of승(“help”)

丞 (eumhun구원할증(guwonhal jeung))

1. (obsolete)alternative form of拯(“hanja form^? of증(“help”)”)

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丞

丞:Hán Việt readings:thừa
丞:Hán Nôm readings:thừa,chẳng

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