Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
稱 (radical 115, 禾+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月土月 (HDBGB), four-corner 22957, composition ⿰禾爯)
Derived characters[edit]
Related characters[edit]
References[edit]
- 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
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs): semantic 禾 (“rice”) + phonetic 爯 (OC *tʰjɯŋ) – measure rice.
Pronunciation 1[edit]
| Rime
|
| Character
|
稱
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
| Initial (聲)
|
昌 (24)
|
| Final (韻)
|
蒸 (133)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
處陵切
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/t͡ɕʰieŋ/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/cʰiŋ/
|
Li
Rong
|
/t͡ɕʰiəŋ/
|
Wang
Li
|
/t͡ɕʰĭəŋ/
|
Bernard
Karlgren
|
/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋ/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
chēng
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
稱
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
chēng
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ tsyhing ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*tʰəŋ/
|
| English
|
weigh; evaluate; call
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
稱
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
| No.
|
1402
|
Phonetic
component
|
爯
|
Rime
group
|
蒸
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
稱
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*tʰjɯŋ/
|
Definitions[edit]
稱
- to weigh
- to call; to name
- to say; to state
- to praise; to commend
- to be called
- name; address; appellation; designation
- reputation; repute; standing
Compounds[edit]
Pronunciation 2[edit]
Note:
- chèng - standard in Taiwan;
- in Mainland, only in the obsolete sense “steelyard”.
Cantonese
Min Nan
Wu
| Rime
|
| Character
|
稱
|
| Reading #
|
2/2
|
| Initial (聲)
|
昌 (24)
|
| Final (韻)
|
蒸 (133)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Departing (H)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
昌孕切
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/t͡ɕʰieŋH/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/cʰiŋH/
|
Li
Rong
|
/t͡ɕʰiəŋH/
|
Wang
Li
|
/t͡ɕʰĭəŋH/
|
Bernard
Karlgren
|
/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋH/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
chèng
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
稱
|
| Reading #
|
2/2
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
chèng
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ tsyhingH ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*mə-tʰəŋ-s/
|
| English
|
steelyard
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
稱
|
| Reading #
|
2/2
|
| No.
|
1405
|
Phonetic
component
|
爯
|
Rime
group
|
蒸
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
稱
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*tʰjɯŋs/
|
Definitions[edit]
稱
- to match; to fit
稱心如意 /
称心如意 ―
chènxīnrúyì ― satisfactory
相稱 /
相称 ―
xiàngchèn ― to match each other
- balanced; suitable
- (Mandarin, colloquial) to have (money or properties)
- † Alternative form of 秤 (chèng, “steelyard”).
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
稱
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 称)
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Readings[edit]
稱 • (ching) (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing, Yale ching)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
稱 (xưng, xứng)
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