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承

chéng

to undertake, to bear, to accept a duty; inheritance

💡 Ideographic: Three hands 手 lifting a dead body 了
HSK 5 8 strokes Very Common (6%)
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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

了
le
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
三
sān
three
？
Radical
⿻⿻了三？ i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

⿻了三
Radical component
unknown
?
Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
3 strokes

Words Using 承 (97)

chéngshòu
承受 ↗
HSK 5
to bear / to support / to inherit
chéngrèn
承认 ↗
HSK 5
to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge
chéngdān
承担 ↗
HSK 5
to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc)
chéngbāo
承包 ↗
HSK 6
to contract / to undertake (a job)
chéngbàn
承办 ↗
HSK 6
to undertake / to accept a contract
chéngnuò
承诺 ↗
HSK 6
to promise / to undertake to do something / commitment
jìchéng
继承 ↗
HSK 6
to inherit / to carry on / to succeed
Chéng
承 ↗
surname Cheng / Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors [[炎帝<Yándì>]] descended from Shennong [[神農|神农<Shénnóng>]] Farmer God
chéng
承 ↗
to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive
fèngcheng
奉承 ↗
to fawn on / to flatter / to ingratiate oneself / flattery
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