chéngshèng

ride

Depicts a person () who has climbed up a tree ().

Components
人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

木 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

tree

Evolution

乘 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
乘 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
乘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
乘 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
乘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chéng

ride, ascend; avail oneself of; numerary adjunct for vehicles; to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed

 

Chéng

surname Cheng

 

shèng

four horse military chariot (archaic); four (archaic); generic term for history books

() 

chéng

old variant of [chéng]

Most common words with 乘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to ride

乘客

passenger

乘坐

to ride (in a vehicle)

乘车

to drive

搭乘

to ride as a passenger

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.ləŋ

zying

chéng

ride (v.)

*Cə.ləŋ-s

zyingH

shèng

vehicle

*Cə.ləŋ-s

zyingH

shèng

team of four horses


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 18.5328% of movies

1417th most common character in movies

1231st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+4E58

Shuowen

“乘,覆也。从入、桀。桀,黠也。軍法曰乘。,古文乘从几。”


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