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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

775 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive

Kunyomi: うけたまわ.る, う.ける

Onyomi: ショウ, ジョウ

Composition: 了 三 水

承

Radical

Radical: 手

Reading: て

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 4

⼿

Examples

Examples with audio

承諾する(しょうだくする)   consent, accept, be informed

承知する(しょうちする)   agree, consent

承認する(しょうにんする)   approve

継承する(けいしょうする)   inherit

伝承(でんしょう)   oral tradition (e.g. folklore)

承る(うけたまわる)   hear, take (an order) [hum.]

Onyomi Examples

承 (ショウ) second line of a four-line Chinese poem

承諾 (ショウダク) consent, approval, acceptance, agreement, compliance

伝承 (デンショウ) handing down (information), legend, tradition, folklore, transmission

永承 (エイショウ) Eishō era (1046.4.14-1053.1.11)

承安 (ショウアン) Shōan era (1171.4.21-1175.7.28), Jōan era

承応 (ショウオウ) Shōō era (1652.9.18-1655.4.13), Jōō era

Kunyomi Examples

承る (うけたまわる) to hear, to be told, to know, to receive (order), to undertake, to comply, to take (a reservation, etc.)

受ける (うける) to receive, to get, to catch (e.g. a ball), to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.), to sustain (damage), to incur (a loss), to suffer (an injury), to feel (influence), to undergo (e.g. surgery), to take (a test), to accept (a challenge), to be given (e.g. life, talent), to find funny, to find humorous, to be amused (by), to follow, to succeed, to be descended from, to face (south, etc.), to be modified by, to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee, to be well-received, to become popular, to go down well

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