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承

Consent
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingうけたまわ.る
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5Level 34

Verbs with «承»

承る承認する継承する承知する承諾する了承する承継する

Meanings

  1. consent
    彼は即座に承知した。He consented on the spot.tatoeba
    彼は承認を保留した。He withheld his consent.tatoeba
  2. acquiesceRtK
  3. inherit
  4. receive
  5. listen to
  1. second line of a four-line Chinese poem

Popular Usage

承知承認承る

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · complete · three (三)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2050

Compound words

承知しょうち
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; assent
承認しょうにん
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent
承るうけたまわる
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake
継承けいしょう
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike; inheritance
承諾しょうだく
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
伝承でんしょう
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
承服しょうふく
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance
了承りょうしょう
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
ご了承くださいごりょうしょうください
please be aware (that ...); please note (that ...); please understand (that ...)
口承こうしょう
passing on by word of mouth
承允しょういん
consent
承継しょうけい
succession, inheritance
諒承りょうしょう
acknowledgement
傳承でんしょう
handing down (information)
ご了承ごりょうしょう
acknowledgement
継承者けいしょうしゃ
successor
御了承ごりょうしょう
acknowledgement
承けるうける
to receive
使徒継承しとけいしょう
apostolic succession
使徒承伝しとしょうでん
apostolic succession
事後承諾じごしょうだく
ex-post-facto approval
承知之助しょうちのすけ
OK
承認するしょうにんする
to recognize
継承するけいしょうする
to inherit

On Reading Examples

もとよりそんなことは承知の上だ。しょうち
Of course I am aware of that.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は批判家連中が、彼の過ちならなんでも叩こうと待ち受けていることを承認していた。
He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.tatoeba
彼は彼女に結婚してくれと言い、彼女はその申し込みを承諾した。
He asked her to marry him and she accepted his proposal.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Accept; consent. Hands receiving what is handed to them. 承知 — consent.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 承

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step