丞

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: sêng5
POJ: sêng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: assistant official (historical title), to assist (archaic)
丞

Character carries both an archaic official-title noun sense and an obsolete 'to assist' verb sense; the historical-title noun sense was chosen as primary.

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