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称

Title
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingとな.える、たた.える、さ.する

Verbs with «称»

称する称える総称する称賛する

Meanings

  1. title
    彼は不名誉な称号を得た。He got a shameful title.tatoeba
  2. admire
  3. appellationRtK
  4. fame
  5. name
  6. praise
    彼は多くの称賛を得た。He received a lot of praise.tatoeba
  1. designation
  2. reputation

Radicals and components

Radical禾grain
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

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
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

To name, title. Grain 禾 + 尓 (you) — weighing the harvest and naming its value; hence 'call' and 'title'.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 称

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step