Read Edit View history 丞 chéng assist, deputy Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts using two hands (廾) to rescue a person (卩) trapped in a pit (凵). Original form of 拯. The modern meaning "deputy" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas chéng ×shèng ×zhēng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 丞 Simp strokes 丞 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 丞 Simp strokes 丞 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a pit. 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328 274 399 412 Q 409 433 420 444 Q 435 454 426 465 Q 417 477 381 490 Q 359 502 317 481 Q 257 460 145 448 Z", "M 579 422 Q 618 443 731 511 Q 753 527 779 536 Q 804 545 793 565 Q 780 584 753 603 Q 728 619 714 618 Q 701 617 704 602 Q 705 569 639 505 Q 605 471 568 435 Q 567 435 567 434 C 546 413 553 408 579 422 Z", "M 567 434 Q 552 449 540 462 C 519 484 528 436 547 413 Q 757 157 802 153 Q 805 153 809 153 Q 878 166 938 178 Q 963 182 964 188 Q 965 195 934 207 Q 775 261 731 292 Q 686 325 579 422 L 567 434 Z", "M 238 43 Q 216 42 232 23 Q 247 7 265 1 Q 287 -6 305 -1 Q 470 35 722 27 Q 740 27 759 25 Q 781 24 786 33 Q 793 46 775 61 Q 721 104 680 97 Q 577 79 238 43 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the 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