What 丞 means
丞 means “assist” or “rescue.”
Early forms appear on oracle bones (bones or shells used for divination) and bronze vessels. One reading sees hands lifting a person from a pit, linking 丞 to rescue and the related character 拯.
Chinese titles use 丞 in 丞相 (chief minister) and 府丞 (deputy official). Japanese names also use it, read ジョウ (roughly “joe,” with a long o) or すけ (“soo-keh”).
Historical or administrative in Chinese; a personal-name element in Japanese.
承 means “receive/carry”; it is a different character.
Who writes 丞
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 丞 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 丞
- Search it as
- cheng · 丞相 · 府丞 · ジョウ · すけ · assist · rescue
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
丞\4E1ECodes and encoding1 code points
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