承 – acquiesce, hear, listen to

8 strokesTaught in grade 6#775 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 承 means acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ、ジョウ (shou, jou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うけたまわ.る、う.ける (uketamawaru, ukeru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou
Kun’yomi	うけたまわ.る	uketamawaru
Kun’yomi	う.ける	ukeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: ノ・二・亅・手.

Words using 承

承知しょうちknowledge承認しょうにんrecognition承るうけたまわるto hear承諾しょうだくconsent了承りょうしょうacknowledgement

Example sentences

人はすべて死すべきものと承知している。

We know that all men are mortal.

Tatoeba #144566

よろしい。お申し出は承知しました。

All right. I'll accept your offer.

Tatoeba #192707

私の提案を承認していただけますか。

Could you approve my proposal?

Tatoeba #162974

Kanji with the same radical

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