承る

Etymology
Compound of, with alternative (irregular) spelling as.

Verb

 * 1)  to receive
 * 2)  to read, to look over
 * 3)  to hear, to listen to, to be told
 * 4)  to consent to, to agree to, to accept
 * 5)  to speak, to say
 * 1)  to speak, to say

Usage notes

 * This is one of the two verbs with longest kanji reading (5 morae) うけたまわ.る uketamawa.ru, along with the verb . The only other common kanji with a 5-morae reading are the nouns and, while no jōyō kanji have readings of 6 or more morae. (Also see )


 * This unusually long reading is due to 承る being a single character for a compound verb, one component of which has a long reading (alternative spelling as, hence (1+1)+3=5; compare common.