称 – appellation, praise, admire

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#985 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 称 means appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たた.える、とな.える、あ.げる、かな.う、はか.り、はか.る、ほめ.る (tataeru, tonaeru, ageru, kanau, hakari, hakaru, homeru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 禾 (no. 115).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	たた.える	tataeru
Kun’yomi	とな.える	tonaeru
Kun’yomi	あ.げる	ageru
Kun’yomi	かな.う	kanau
Kun’yomi	はか.り	hakari
Kun’yomi	はか.る	hakaru
Kun’yomi	ほめ.る	homeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 禾 (Kangxi radical 115). Components: ノ・禾・小・一・乞.

Words using 称

名称めいしょうname称しょうname

Example sentences

この会の名称はＥ．Ｓ．Ｓ．とする。

This association shall be called the E.S.S.

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Kanji with the same radical

私税移種程科積秋秀秘秒稲稼秩稿穏

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