称 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. (「秤」に同じ)はかる。
  2. つりあう。
  3. (同等のものということから)~と呼ぶ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「稱」の草書に由来する略体。「稱」については稱#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウJHS
Kun (native)
  • たた(える)
  • とな(える)
  • あ(げる)
  • かな(う)
  • はか(り)
  • はか(る)
  • ほめ(る)
Nanori (used in names)
Other languages
  • 拼音cheng1
  • 拼音chen4
  • 拼音cheng4
  • 한글ching
  • Hán-ViệtXưng
  • Hán-ViệtXứng
  • Hán-ViệtHấng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
禾(のぎ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+79F0

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰禾尔

Words using this kanji

  • 称号しょうごう号、すなわち本名以外の呼び名を称すること。 身分や資格、肩書きなどを表す呼び名。title, name, degree
  • 称するしょうする~と名乗る。~と呼ぶ。 人や業績を褒め称える。 (多く「~と称し」の形で)何かの理由としてうそを言う。表向き〜と言う。to call, to name, to call oneself ..., to go by the name of ...
  • しょう(ショウ)呼び名。name, title, designation, fame
  • 称揚しょうよう褒め上げること。praise, admiration, exalting, extolling
  • 称呼しょうこ呼び名、呼称。 名前を口に出して言うこと。 名前を口に出して言う。appellation, designation, epithet, title
  • 称名しょうみょう仏や菩薩などを心に念じ、口にその名を唱えること。 名前を呼ぶ。intoning the name of the Buddha, chanting the name of the Buddha
  • 称すしょうす「称する」に同じ。to call, to name, to call oneself ..., to go by the name of ...
  • 称えとなえgiven name, title, appellation
  • 称えるたたえるto praise, to extol, to hail, to laud
  • 称えるとなえるto call (by a name), to name

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-5
Four Corner
2899.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5d5.8
Heisig
971
Nelson
3280