乘

乘 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+9, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木中心 (HDLP), four-corner 2090₁, composition ⿻禾北 or ⿻乖人)

• 塖 嵊 溗 騬 (𱅢) 剩 𰀭
• 𢟊 𭡽 𪳕 𤳁 𦟇 𧪝 𨍱 𬨾 𢾽 𨝄 𬼒 𬟯 𦶝

• (chiefly Japanese): 乗

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 154
• Dae Jaweon: page 166, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 40, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E58

Historical forms of the character 乘
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j14101 j14102 j14103 j14104 j14105 j14106 j14107 j14108 j14109 j14110 j14111 j14112 j14113 j14114 j14115 j14116 j14117 j14118 j14119 j14120 j14121 j14122 j14123 j14124 j14125 j14126 j14127 j14128 j14129 j14130 j14131 j14132 j14133 j14134 j14135 j14136 j14137 Bronze inscriptions b08546 b08547 b08548 b08549 b08550 b08551 b08552 b08553 b08554 b08555 b08556 b08557 b08558 b08559 b08560 Small seal script s03944 s03945 Transcribed ancient scripts L33335 L33336 L33337 L33338 L33339 L33340 L33341 L33342 L33343 L33344 L11109 L11110 L11111 L11112 L11113 L11114 L11115 L11116 L11117 L11118 L11119 L11120 L11121 L11122 L11123
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).

Pictogram (象形) – a person 大 climbing a tree 木, with the feet visible. Etymology clearer in alternative form 椉. In this form, simplified to 禾 (“tree and top”) + 北 (“feet”).

乘

1. (literary) to ascend; to go up
2. (literary) to drive (a horse, cart, etc.)
3. to take (a form of transport)

   乘船  ―  chéngchuán  ―  to ride a boat

   乘火車去上海／乘火车去上海  ―  chéng huǒchē qù shànghǎi  ―  to ride a train to Shanghai

4. to make use of; to take advantage of

   乘機／乘机  ―  chéngjī  ―  to seize the opportunity

   乘敵不備／乘敌不备  ―  chéng dí bùbèi  ―  to take the enemy unawares

5. (literary) to pursue; to attack
6. (arithmetic) to multiply

   加減乘除／加减乘除  ―  jiā jiǎn chéng chú  ―  addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

   二乘八等於十六。 [MSC, trad.]
   二乘八等于十六。 [MSC, simp.]

   Èr chéng bā děngyú shíliù. [Pinyin]

   Two times eight equals sixteen.

7. a surname

• (antonym(s) of “to multiply”): 除 (chú)

乘

1. (literary) war chariot drawn by four horses; (imperial) carriage
2. (literary) Classifier for carriages drawn by four horses.
3. (literary) history book

   史乘  ―  shǐshèng  ―  historical records

4. (Buddhism) vehicle; creed; yana

   大乘  ―  dàshèng  ―  Mahayana (literally, “Great Vehicle”)

• “乘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 乗)

• Go-on: じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: のる (noru, 乘る); のり (nori, 乘り); のせる (noseru, 乘せる)

乘 (eumhun 탈 승 (tal seung))

1. to mount, to ride
2. to take (a form of transport)
3. (arithmetic) exponent

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乘

乘: Hán Nôm readings: thừa, thặng, thắng

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