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称

appellation
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingたた.える、とな.える、あ.げる、かな.う、はか.り、はか.る、ほめ.る
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. appellationRtK
  2. admire
  3. fame
  4. name
  5. praise
    彼は多くの称賛を得た。He received a lot of praise.tatoeba
  6. title
    彼は不名誉な称号を得た。He got a shameful title.tatoeba
  1. to call
  2. to name
  3. to call oneself ...
  4. to go by the name of ...
  5. to purport (to be)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · hammock · reclining · lying down · small (小) · little (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 971

Compound words

呼称こしょう
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
称するしょうする
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be)
愛称あいしょう
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
仮称かしょう
temporary name; provisional name
敬称けいしょう
honorific title; honorific term of address
公称こうしょう
public announcement; official statement; official claim; nominal; official
詐称さしょう
misrepresentation; false statement
自称じしょう
self-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled; would-be; professing oneself to be
称号しょうごう
title; name; degree
尊称そんしょう
honorific title
対称たいしょう
symmetry; second person
通称つうしょう
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
名称めいしょう
name; title
略称りゃくしょう
abbreviation
正式名称せいしきめいしょう
official name; formal name
異称いしょう
another name
雅称がしょう
elegant name
改称かいしょう
renaming
偽称ぎしょう
assuming a false name
旧称きゅうしょう
old name
謙称けんしょう
self-deprecating term
誇称こしょう
boasting
称賛しょうさん
praise, admiration
称讚しょうさん
praise

On Reading Examples

地球は赤道に関して対称ではない。たいしょう
The earth is not symmetrical about the equator.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は自らを日本のエジソンと称した。
He called himself an Edison of Japan.tatoeba
彼は財政の専門家であると自称した。
He claimed to be an expert in finance.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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