Read Edit View history Discussion 稱 chēngchènchèng HSK2 call Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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 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 稱 Simp strokes 稱 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 稱 Simp strokes 稱 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 稱 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 435, 756 ], [ 367, 766 ], [ 284, 715 ], [ 134, 654 ] ], [ [ 75, 490 ], [ 114, 482 ], [ 137, 484 ], [ 357, 540 ], [ 411, 547 ], [ 436, 544 ] ], [ [ 270, 682 ], [ 295, 666 ], [ 302, 652 ], [ 296, 386 ], [ 279, 111 ], [ 291, 10 ] ], [ [ 273, 491 ], [ 264, 484 ], [ 251, 428 ], [ 206, 358 ], [ 151, 285 ], [ 45, 181 ] ], [ [ 323, 416 ], [ 337, 404 ], [ 381, 386 ], [ 401, 363 ] ], [ [ 758, 784 ], [ 741, 790 ], [ 690, 791 ], [ 617, 736 ], [ 489, 675 ] ], [ [ 475, 626 ], [ 530, 575 ], [ 537, 546 ] ], [ [ 612, 680 ], [ 652, 646 ], [ 669, 616 ] ], [ [ 822, 706 ], [ 840, 674 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