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稱

稱

See also: 称

Translingual

Han character

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

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 856, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25180
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1282, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2619, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7A31

Chinese

trad. 稱
simp. 称

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
稱 *tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs
爯 *tʰjɯŋ
偁 *tʰjɯŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs) : semantic 禾 ‎(“rice”) + phonetic 爯 ‎(OC *tʰjɯŋ) – measure rice.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 稱
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 處陵切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕʰieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cʰiŋ/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕʰiəŋ/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕʰĭəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕʰi̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chēng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 稱
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chēng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyhing ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰəŋ/
English weigh; evaluate; call

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 稱
Reading # 1/2
No. 1402
Phonetic
component		 爯
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 稱
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰjɯŋ/

Definitions

稱

  1. to weigh
  2. to call; to name
  3. to say; to state
  4. to praise; to commend
  5. to be called
  6. name; address; appellation; designation
  7. reputation; repute; standing

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 稱
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 昌孕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕʰieŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cʰiŋH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕʰiəŋH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕʰĭəŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕʰi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chèng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 稱
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chèng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyhingH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mə-tʰəŋ-s/
English steelyard

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 稱
Reading # 2/2
No. 1405
Phonetic
component		 爯
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 稱
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰjɯŋs/

Definitions

稱

  1. to match; to fit
  2. balanced; suitable
  3. (Mandarin, colloquial) to have (money or properties)
  4. †Alternative form of 秤 (chèng, “steelyard”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

稱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 称)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

稱 • ‎(ching) (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune-Reischauer ch'ing, Yale ching)

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Vietnamese

Han character

稱 (xưng, xứng)

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