Memory phrase for the character: 称

称

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Meaning

appellation, denomination, name, praise, admire

Pronunciation

 SHŌ

Explanation

 Left: rice plant 禾, right: 尔 (horizontal person , small 小)

Mnemonic
 
In the rice plants lies a small person: Does he has a name or title?

Radicals

禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The rice-grain has this radical: 米 and the ripe rice plant is this combination: 釆.
lying personIs understood as a flat version of: 人 - Other radicals with 'person' are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫
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 Vocabulary

愛称 あいしょう  nickname, pet name
尊称 そんしょう  honorary title
称号 しょうごう  title, name, degree
対称 たいしょう  symmetry
総称 そうしょう  general term, generic name
名称 めいしょう  name
称する しょうする  to take the name of, to call oneself, to pretend

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