Taxonomy of meanings for 丞:　　

  • 丞 shèng (OC: ɡjɯŋs MC: dʑɨŋ) 常證切 去 廣韻：【縣名在沂州匡衡所居常證切又音承一 】
  • 丞 chéng (OC: ɡjɯŋ MC: dʑɨŋ) 署陵切 平 廣韻：【佐也翊也物理論曰髙祖定天下置丞相以統文德立大司馬以整武事爲二府也 】
    • ASSISTANT
      • nassistant official
      • nadNassistant
    • MINISTER
      • nvice head 縣丞
      • nabSHIJI: office of vice head or assistant officer 守丞 "fill office of..."
    • HELP
      • = 承
      • = 烝

      Additional information about 丞

      說文解字:

        Criteria
      • ASSISTANT

        [ARCHAIC/CURRENT]

        [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

        [HUMBLE/NOBLE]

        [PRECISE/VAGUE]

        [TECHNICAL-TERM/CURRENT-TERM]

        1. The most general and most current colourless word for an assistant to any official in any capacity, but often in the capacity of a sernior minister, is fǔ 輔.

        [GENERAL], [VAGUE]

        2. Chéng 丞 became especially common from Qin times onwards, and this bureaucratic term can refer to any assistant in formal employment.

        [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

        3. Fù 副 is a bureaucratic term that refers to a junior official of any kind in formal employment in Han times.

        [HUMBLE], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

        4. Èr 貳 is a standard archaic word referring to minor assistants in formal employment (ZHOULI).

        [ARCHAIC], [HUMBLE]

        5. Zuǒ 佐 refers to a person closely linked to the master and taking charge of minor practical matters, a personal servant, perhaps a secretary, but the word refers generally to a "helping hand".

        [HUMBLE]

        6. Xiàng 相 can be used to refer to an assistant at any level, or to the functions fulfilled by such an assistant. See HELP

        [SPECIFIC]