稱

See also 称

Translingual

simpl.		称
trad.		稱

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 禾 (“rice”) + phonetic 爯 – measure rice.

Han character

稱 (radical 115 禾+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月土月 (HDBGB), four-corner 2295₇, composition ⿰禾爯)

1. call
2. name, brand
3. address
4. say

Descendants

• 称

References

• KangXi: page 856, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25180
• Dae Jaweon: page 1282, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2619, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7A31

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Cantonese

Hanzi

稱 (simplified 称, jyutping can3, cing1, cing3, Yale chan3, ching1, ching3)

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Japanese

Kanji

稱

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru), となえる (tonaeru), たたえる (tataeru)

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Korean

Hanja

稱 (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune-Reischauer ch'ing, Yale ching)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

稱 (simplified 称, pinyin chēng (cheng1), Wade-Giles ch'eng¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

稱 (xưng, xứng)