Kanji1 / 8
承 kanji
acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウジョウ
Kun readings
うけたまわるうける
Words with 承
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —承認証seal of approval
- —承認印seal of approval
- —承香殿banquet and concert pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
- —非承認unauthorized; unapproved; not recognized
- —継承語heritage language
- —承認前pre-approval; preapproval
- —使徒継承apostolic succession
- —使徒承伝apostolic succession
- —事後承諾ex-post-facto approval
- —承知の幕agreement
- —承知尽くacting on mutual agreement
- —承知の助OK; sure; yessir!; okey dokey!; understood
- —伝承文学oral literature; folk literature
- —不承不承reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
- —民間伝承folklore
- —起承転結introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
- —師資相承generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple
- —先刻承知being already (well) aware
- —先祖伝承what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale
- —百も承知knowing only too well; being fully aware of