称 — appellation, praise, admire

しょうす称 appellation

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+79F0 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #985 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #971 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

appellation
praise
admire
name
title
fame

word

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

称(しょう) す shousu to call 名(めい) 称(しょう) meishou name 通(つう) 称(しょう) tsuushou popular name 自(じ) 称(しょう) jishou self-proclaimed 呼(こ) 称(しょう) koshou designation 総(そう) 称(しょう) soushou general term 称(しょう) する shousuru to call 仮(か) 称(しょう) kashou tentative name

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

禾 grain

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