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Original meaning: measure weight
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".
Components
hé grain stalk
Alludes to measuring the weight of grain.
ěr you
Shorthand for the 爯 component in the traditional character 稱.