称 — appellation, praise, admire

しょうす称 appellation

しょうす

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.

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Meanings

appellation
praise
admire
name
title
fame

Readings

On'yomi: しょう shou
Kun'yomi: たた tata とな tona あ a かな kana はか haka ほめ home

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

Words by frequency and grade

15 words

Each dot is a word containing 称: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 3 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

禾 grain

尓 you

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#115 禾 grain