Variant of 乘

𪞳 is a variant form of 乘, the Chinese character whose early sense was to climb onto something. An ancestor of 乘 appears in Shang-dynasty oracle-bone inscriptions, carved on bones and shells used for divination, as a person standing on a tree. Later Chinese uses include riding in a vehicle and multiplying; read shèng in Mandarin, 乘 can mean a four-horse chariot or count such chariots.