承

Glyph origin
– to hold; to carry. Compare. In the seal script, an additional hand was added.

Etymology
From (STEDT).

Definitions

 * 1) to receive; to accept; to inherit
 * 2) to undertake; to contract (a job)
 * 3) to continue; to carry on; to succeed
 * 4) to be obliged; to be indebted to

Kanji

 * 1) acquiesce

Compounds

 * : consent, acquiescence
 * : consent, acceptance
 * : recognition, acknowledgment
 * : compliance, consent
 * : succession, accession
 * : inheritance, succession
 * : transmission, hand down
 * : acknowledgment

Usage notes
This may be the only kanji with a six- reading, of uketamawari. However, this reading is more often spelled with the final -ri spelled in kana (as ; okurigana) to clarify and disambiguate the reading of the single kanji.

This kanji is also one of very few kanji with five- readings, and the only verb, namely.

Noun

 * 1) consent

Etymology 1
From.

Han character

 * 1) In excess
 * 2) Inherit