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U+7A31, 稱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A31

[U+7A30]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7A32]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 115, +9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月土月 (HDBGB), four-corner 22957, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 856, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25180
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1282, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2619, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7A31
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs): semantic (rice) + phonetic (OC *tʰjɯŋ) – measure rice.

Pronunciation 1



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Definitions

  1. to weigh
    一下行李重量 [MSC, trad.]
    一下行李重量 [MSC, simp.]
    chēng yīxià xínglǐ de zhòngliàng [Pinyin]
    to weigh the luggage
  2. to call; to name
    兄道弟兄道弟   chēngxiōngdàodì   to be on intimate terms (literally, “to call each other brothers”)
    大家師傅 [MSC, trad.]
    大家师傅 [MSC, simp.]
    Dàjiā dōu chēng tā wéi Zhāng shīfù. [Pinyin]
    Everyone calls him "Master Zhang".
  3. to say; to state
       xuānchēng   to claim
    拍手拍手   pāishǒuchēngkuài   (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to praise; to commend
       chēngsòng   to praise
  5. name; address; appellation; designation
       biéchēng   another name; alternative name
  6. (literary) reputation; repute; standing
  7. to proclaim oneself to be
       chēng   to proclaim oneself emperor
  8. (literary) to lift; to raise

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Note:
  • chèng - standard in Taiwan;
  • in Mainland, only in the obsolete sense “steelyard”.

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Definitions

  1. to match; to fit
    心如意心如意   chènxīnrúyì   satisfactory
       xiàngchèn   to match each other
  2. balanced; suitable
  3. (Mandarin, colloquial) to have (money or properties)
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (steelyard)

Compounds

  • 不相稱 / 不相称
  • 不稱 / 不称
  • 不稱心 / 不称心
  • 不稱職 / 不称职
  • 倍稱 / 倍称
  • 勻稱 / 匀称 (yúnchèn)
  • 名實相稱 / 名实相称
  • 四稱 / 四称
  • 報稱 / 报称
  • 對稱 / 对称
  • 廝稱 / 厮称
  • 本末不稱 / 本末不称
  • 相稱 / 相称
  • 稱家有無 / 称家有无
  • 稱心 / 称心 (chènxīn)
  • 稱心如意 / 称心如意
  • 稱心快意 / 称心快意
  • 稱心滿志 / 称心满志
  • 稱心滿意 / 称心满意
  • 稱情 / 称情
  • 稱意 / 称意
  • 稱職 / 称职 (chènzhí)
  • 稱身 / 称身
  • 稱錢 / 称钱 (chènqián)
  • 稱鎚落井 / 称锤落井
  • 稱願 / 称愿 (chènyuàn)
  • 稱體裁衣 / 称体裁衣 (chèntǐcáiyī)
  • 葉面對稱 / 叶面对称
  • 躧匾稱鉈 / 𰸐匾称铊
  • 過稱 / 过称
  • 配稱 / 配称
  • 銖兩悉稱 / 铢两悉称

References

  • ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 29.
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “称 (~呼 ~重)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 263.
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Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. Kyūjitai form of

Readings

  • Go-on: しょう (shō)
  • Kan-on: しょう (shō)
  • Kun: はかる (hakaru, 稱る)となえる (tonaeru, 稱える)たたえる (tataeru, 稱える)あげる (ageru, 稱げる)

Korean

Hanja

(ching) (hangeul , revised ching, McCuneReischauer ch'ing, Yale ching)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: xưng, xứng

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