承 — acquiesce, hear, listen to

うけたまわる承 acquiesce

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+627F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #775 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2050 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

acquiesce
hear
listen to
be informed
receive

word

うけたまわ uketamawa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

承(うけたまわ) る uketamawaru to humbly receive

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

承(しょう) 知(ち) shouchi knowledge 伝(でん) 承(しょう) denshou tradition 承(しょう) 認(にん) shounin approval 了(りょう) 承(しょう) ryoushou acknowledgment 継(けい) 承(しょう) keishou succession 承(しょう) 諾(だく) shoudaku consent

Appears in idioms

起承転結四字熟語

rouse, acquiesce, revolve, tie

事後承諾四字熟語

thing, after, acquiesce, consent

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

りょう了 complete

さん三 three

みず水 water #85

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