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Kanji Detail for 乘 - "ride, multiply, mount"
乘
- Meaning
乘 means "ride, multiply, mount."
Ride - To travel on or in.
Multiply - To increase by multiplication.
Take advantage - To use an opportunity.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
power; multiplication; record; counter for vehicles
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
ride, ascend; avail oneself of; numerary adjunct for vehicles
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Cheng
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
ride, mount; to make use of; to ascend; to multiply
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To ride. Referring to driving horses with a carriage. Such as 服牛乘馬 (yoking oxen and riding horses). By extension, anything mounting from below to above is called 乘. Such as 乘舟 (ride a boat), 乘桴 (ride a raft). | Because of; taking advantage of. Such as 乘興而來 (come on a whim), 乘時而起 (rise with the times). Colloquially also called 趁. Such as 乘便 is also called 趁便. | In arithmetic, multiplying one number by another is called 乘. Multiplying a number by itself is called 自乘 (squaring). | Levels of depth in Chan Buddhism are called 乘. Such as 小乘 (Hinayana), 大乘 (Mahayana), 最上乘 (Supreme Vehicle). Tang people borrowed it to discuss poetry. The highest approach is called 上乘. | A count of chariots. One chariot with four horses is called 一乘. In ancient times, chariots were used in warfare. Troops were raised according to land tax. Hence the count of land tax is also called 乘. Such as 千乘之國 (a state of a thousand chariots), 百乘之家 (a family of a hundred chariots). | A set of four. (Mencius) "Shooting four arrows before returning." Meaning shooting four arrows. | A book of records is called 乘. (Mencius) "The Cheng of Jin." The historical records of the state of Jin. Today, gazetteers are also called 志乘, family genealogies called 家乘.
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