Read Edit View history 称 chēngchèn HSK2 call Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 稱. Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 爯 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "measure weight". The meaning later shifted to "lift", "raise", "praise", "reputation", and "call". Pinyin Separate values with commas chēng ×chèn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 称 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 稱 ×称 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Alludes to measuring the weight of grain. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 称 Simp strokes 称 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the 爯 component in the traditional character 稱. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 称 Simp strokes 称 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 称 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 463, 733 ], [ 394, 735 ], [ 304, 669 ], [ 189, 608 ], [ 173, 608 ], [ 164, 599 ] ], [ [ 94, 459 ], [ 146, 455 ], [ 362, 512 ], [ 428, 510 ] ], [ [ 280, 632 ], [ 297, 621 ], [ 307, 604 ], [ 305, 243 ], [ 296, 90 ], [ 309, 15 ] ], [ [ 282, 460 ], [ 272, 450 ], [ 262, 398 ], [ 218, 316 ], [ 162, 233 ], [ 77, 137 ] ], [ [ 327, 405 ], [ 384, 365 ], [ 402, 343 ] ], [ [ 557, 767 ], [ 574, 756 ], [ 594, 729 ], [ 577, 670 ], [ 510, 529 ], [ 445, 438 ] ], [ [ 540, 530 ], [ 583, 537 ], [ 760, 591 ], [ 799, 590 ], [ 822, 579 ], [ 837, 559 ], [ 772, 471 ], [ 763, 468 ] ], [ [ 613, 519 ], [ 639, 507 ], [ 648, 494 ], [ 656, 127 ], [ 651, 93 ], [ 641, 65 ], [ 625, 48 ], [ 574, 70 ], [ 516, 110 ] ], [ [ 519, 318 ], [ 502, 259 ], [ 454, 165 ] ], [ [ 757, 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453 Q 439 443 437 437 Q 436 427 448 430 Q 475 442 530 529 L 542 548 Z", "M 640 536 Q 677 555 752 570 Q 770 576 777 575 Q 793 568 793 560 Q 777 512 759 462 L 761 461 Q 768 457 782 469 Q 834 512 878 530 Q 914 546 912 554 Q 911 564 840 608 Q 818 623 745 602 Q 736 602 542 548 C 513 540 511 539 530 529 L 531 529 Q 562 507 594 517 Q 598 520 605 522 L 640 536 Z", "M 584 89 Q 556 102 520 115 Q 510 119 509 112 Q 509 105 518 95 Q 582 37 624 -10 Q 634 -19 649 -4 Q 682 47 684 135 Q 669 306 679 474 Q 683 499 678 509 Q 671 521 640 536 C 614 550 594 550 605 522 Q 618 495 621 453 Q 624 353 626 125 Q 625 98 616 88 Q 607 82 584 89 Z", "M 508 321 Q 481 270 446 225 Q 425 195 438 161 Q 444 143 465 154 Q 516 185 528 264 Q 535 295 530 319 Q 526 328 521 329 Q 512 329 508 321 Z", "M 756 292 Q 805 243 861 173 Q 877 151 892 146 Q 901 145 909 155 Q 922 168 912 213 Q 902 273 759 323 Q 749 330 747 317 Q 746 304 756 292 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × 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