chēng

to name; name; to weigh

HSK 5 #449

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 449th character
Radical ⽲ (115.5)
Strokes 10
Index # 1948
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

称 chēng
  1. 1. to name
  2. 2. name
  3. 3. to weigh
  4. 4. to praise
  5. 5. to state
  6. 6. appellation
称 chèn
  1. 1. to fit
  2. 2. suitable
  3. 3. balanced
称 chèng
  1. 1. variant of chèng
  2. 2. steelyard

Stroke order

称 stroke order diagram
称 stroke order animation

Words containing 称

Word Meaning
be praised by all; win universal praise
also known as; alternative name; to also be called
personal pronoun
to make a confession (law)
commendable
bilateral symmetry
nominal
also known as
to say; to speak
general term; common term
name tag
rights to a trademark; copyright
to cluck one's tongue in wonder
to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom); to be astonished
euphemistic term; to call something gently
official appellation; title
symmetry breaking (physics)
symmetric space (math.)
symmetry (as an aesthetic quality)
axis of symmetry; central axis (in Chinese architecture)
in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king
also known as; also called; a.k.a.
reference; to refer to; designation
epistolary formula used at the head of a letter
... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)