Chinese Character Wiki
椉

chéng

old variant of 乘[chéng]

Variant form of 乘. Depicts a person (大) who has used their legs (舛) to climb up a tree (木).

Components
大 iconic,remnant component

大  Iconic Remnant component

dà, dài

  

big

Depicts the head and arms of a person.

舛 iconic component

舛  Iconic component

chuǎn

  

oppose

Depicts two feet.

木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

椉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

乘 (椉) 

chéng

old variant of 乘[chéng]

Most common words with 椉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

乘

to ride

乘客

passenger

乘坐

to ride (in a vehicle)

乘车

to drive

搭乘

to ride as a passenger

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.ləŋ

zying

chéng

ride (v.)

*Cə.ləŋ-s

zyingH

shèng

vehicle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 18.5328% of movies

1417th most common character in movies

1231st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6909

Shuowen

“乘，覆也。从入、桀。桀，黠也。軍法曰乘。，古文乘从几。”


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