漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
称: appellation, praise
Also: admire, name, title, fame
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 禾grain(meaning)
- 尓(sound)
禾 carries the meaning · 尓 gives the sound
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 敬称けいしょう
- 名称めいしょうname; title
- 仮称かしょうtemporary name; provisional name
- 通称つうしょうpopular name; common name; nickname
- 愛称あいしょうpet name; nickname; affectionate name
- 略称りゃくしょうabbreviation
- 自称じしょうself-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled
- 呼称こしょうname; designation; denomination
Also read たたえる, となえる, あげる, かなう, はかり, はかる, ほめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尓
Also built on 尓
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side称 appellation · 尓
vs秒 second (1/60 minute) · 少In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 稱 · chēng
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 称. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 稱.
- Simplified
- 称 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 稱 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chēng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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