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See also: 称

稱	U+7A31, 稱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A31

← 稰
[U+7A30]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000031281

稲 →
[U+7A32]

Category:Han script characters#%20

Translingual

Japanese	称
Simplified	称
Traditional	稱

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

Chinese

trad.		稱
simp.		称
alternative forms		穪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 稱
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (爯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
稱	tʰjɯŋ, tʰjɯŋs
爯	*tʰjɯŋ
偁	*tʰjɯŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#禾09: semantic 禾 (“rice”) + phonetic 爯 (OC *tʰjɯŋ) – measure rice.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#稱)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂n

(Hailu, HRS): chin^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): chĭng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chheng

(Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
  - Yale: chēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
  - Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cing¹
  - Yale: chīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chin^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰin⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cing¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ching
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng
  - Tâi-lô: tshing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhefng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshen
  - MiniDict: tshen^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsyhing

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
Baxter	tsyhing
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiəŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰəŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯŋ/

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Category:Chinese lemmas#禾09 Category:Chinese hanzi#禾09 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#禾09 Category:Pages with entries#稱 Category:Pages with 5 entries#稱 Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#稱

to weigh
稱一下行李的重量 [MSC, trad.]
称一下行李的重量 [MSC, simp.]
chēng yīxià xínglǐ de zhòngliàng [Pinyin]
to weigh the luggage
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
to call; to name
稱兄道弟／称兄道弟 ― chēngxiōngdàodì ― to be on intimate terms (literally, “to call each other brothers”)Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

大家都稱他為張師傅。 [MSC, trad.]
大家都称他为张师傅。 [MSC, simp.]
Dàjiā dōu chēng tā wéi Zhāng shīfù. [Pinyin]
Everyone calls him "Master Zhang".
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
to say; to state
宣稱／宣称 ― xuānchēng ― to claimCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

拍手稱快／拍手称快 ― pāishǒuchēngkuài ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) Category:Requests for translations of Mandarin usage examples Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
to praise; to commend
稱頌／称颂 ― chēngsòng ― to praiseCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
name; address; appellation; designation
別稱／别称 ― biéchēng ― another name; alternative nameCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#禾09) reputation; repute; standing
to proclaim oneself to be
稱帝／称帝 ― chēngdì ― to proclaim oneself emperorCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#禾09) to lift; to raise

Compounds

並稱 / 并称 (bìngchēng)
交口稱譽 / 交口称誉 (jiāokǒuchēngyù)
交口稱贊 / 交口称赞
供稱 / 供称 (gòngchēng)
侔色揣稱 / 侔色揣称
俗稱 / 俗称 (súchēng)
個個稱羨 / 个个称羡
俯首稱臣 / 俯首称臣 (fǔshǒu chēngchén)
假稱 / 假称 (jiǎchēng)
僭稱 / 僭称 (jiànchēng)
全稱 / 全称 (quánchēng)
公稱 / 公称 (gōngchēng)
冒稱 / 冒称
別稱 / 别称 (biéchēng)
北面稱臣 / 北面称臣
南面稱伯 / 南面称伯
南面稱孤 / 南面称孤
南面稱王 / 南面称王
口稱 / 口称 (kǒuchēng)
名稱 / 名称 (míngchēng)
嘖嘖稱奇 / 啧啧称奇
嘖嘖稱好 / 啧啧称好
四海稱臣 / 四海称臣
堅稱 / 坚称 (jiānchēng)
堪稱 / 堪称 (kānchēng)
多言繁稱 / 多言繁称
妄稱 / 妄称 (wàngchēng)
官稱兒 / 官称儿
宣稱 / 宣称 (xuānchēng)
尊稱 / 尊称 (zūnchēng)
戲稱 / 戏称 (xìchēng)
拍手稱快 / 拍手称快
拍案稱奇 / 拍案称奇
指稱 / 指称 (zhǐchēng)
指稱詞 / 指称词
推稱 / 推称
提稱語 / 提称语
據稱 / 据称 (jùchēng)
擊節稱賞 / 击节称赏
改稱 / 改称 (gǎichēng)
敬稱 / 敬称 (jìngchēng)
暱稱 / 昵称 (nìchēng)
汎稱 / 泛称
法稱 / 法称
特稱 / 特称 (tèchēng)
眾口稱善 / 众口称善
稱亂 / 称乱
稱便 / 称便 (chēngbiàn)
稱兄道弟 / 称兄道弟 (chēngxiōngdàodì)
稱兵 / 称兵 (chēngbīng)
稱制 / 称制
稱功頌德 / 称功颂德
稱名念佛 / 称名念佛
稱呼 / 称呼 (chēnghū)
稱奇道妙 / 称奇道妙
稱奇道異 / 称奇道异
稱奇道絕 / 称奇道绝
稱孤 / 称孤 (chēnggū)
稱孤道寡 / 称孤道寡 (chēnggūdàoguǎ)
稱帝 / 称帝 (chēngdì)
稱引 / 称引 (chēngyǐn)
稱得上 / 称得上 (chēngdeshàng)
稱得起 / 称得起
稱快 / 称快 (chēngkuài)
稱慶 / 称庆 (chēngqìng)
稱揚 / 称扬 (chēngyáng)
稱是 / 称是
稱柴而爨 / 称柴而爨
稱王封后
稱王稱帝 / 称王称帝
稱王稱霸 / 称王称霸 (chēngwángchēngbà)
稱異 / 称异
稱疾 / 称疾
稱病 / 称病 (chēngbìng)
稱美 / 称美 (chēngměi)
稱羨 / 称羡 (chēngxiàn)
稱臣 / 称臣 (chēngchén)
稱臣納貢 / 称臣纳贡
稱薪而爨 / 称薪而爨
稱薪量水 / 称薪量水
稱號 / 称号 (chēnghào)
稱觴 / 称觞
稱許 / 称许 (chēngxǔ)
稱詞 / 称词
稱誦 / 称诵
稱說 / 称说 (chēngshuō)
稱謂 / 称谓 (chēngwèi)
稱謂錄 / 称谓录
稱謝 / 称谢 (chēngxiè)
稱譽 / 称誉 (chēngyù)
稱讚 / 称赞 (chēngzàn)
稱賀 / 称贺 (chēnghè)
稱貸 / 称贷 (chēngdài)
稱賞 / 称赏 (chēngshǎng)
稱賢薦能 / 称贤荐能
稱述 / 称述 (chēngshù)
稱道 / 称道 (chēngdào)
稱雄 / 称雄 (chēngxióng)
稱霸 / 称霸 (chēngbà)
稱頌 / 称颂 (chēngsòng)
第一人稱 / 第一人称 (dì-yī rénchēng)
第三人稱 / 第三人称 (dì-sān rénchēng)
簡稱 / 简称 (jiǎnchēng)
納貢稱臣 / 纳贡称臣
統稱 / 统称 (tǒngchēng)
縮屋稱貞 / 缩屋称贞
縮稱 / 缩称 (suōchēng)
總稱 / 总称 (zǒngchēng)
美稱 / 美称 (měichēng)
聲稱 / 声称 (shēngchēng)
聲稱籍甚 / 声称籍甚
職稱 / 职称 (zhíchēng)
自稱 / 自称 (zìchēng)
舉觴稱慶 / 举觞称庆
舊稱 / 旧称 (jiùchēng)
著稱 / 著称 (zhùchēng)
號稱 / 号称 (hàochēng)
複稱 / 复称
見稱 / 见称 (jiànchēng)
親屬稱謂 / 亲属称谓
訛稱 / 讹称 (échēng)
詐稱 / 诈称 (zhàchēng)
誑稱 / 诳称
諱過稱善 / 讳过称善
謔稱 / 谑称 (xuèchēng)
謙稱 / 谦称 (qiānchēng)
辯稱 / 辩称 (biànchēng)
逞強稱能 / 逞强称能
通稱 / 通称 (tōngchēng)
道寡稱孤 / 道寡称孤
額手稱慶 / 额手称庆 (éshǒuchéngqìng)
額手稱頌 / 额手称颂
點頭稱善 / 点头称善

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chèn, chèng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ, ㄔㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing³ / can³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳn

(Hailu, HRS): chin^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cing⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): cêng³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chèn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴
  - Yale: chèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenn
  - Palladius: чэнь (čɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chèng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng⁴
  - Yale: chèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenq
  - Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/Category:Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations#chèn

Note:

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

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cing³ / can³
  - Yale: ching / chan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing³ / tsan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing³ / cen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³³/, /t͡sʰɐn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chin^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰin¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cing⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chi̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng
  - Tâi-lô: tshìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhexng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsen
  - MiniDict: tsen^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyhingH

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
Baxter	tsyhingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰieŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiŋ^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiəŋ^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭəŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-tʰəŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	稱
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chèng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhing^H ›
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Category:Chinese lemmas#禾09 Category:Chinese hanzi#禾09 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#禾09 Category:Pages with entries#稱 Category:Pages with 5 entries#稱 Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#稱

to match; to fit
稱心如意／称心如意 ― chènxīnrúyì ― satisfactoryCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

相稱／相称 ― xiàngchèn ― to match each otherCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
balanced; suitable
(Mandarin Category:Mandarin Chinese#禾09, colloquial Category:Chinese colloquialisms#禾09) to have (money or properties)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#禾09) alternative form of 秤 (“steelyard”)

Compounds

References

“稱”, in 漢語多功能字庫Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#稱 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#稱 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#稱 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “称”, 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.