to weigh (称量); to call; to name (称呼, 自称); to praise (称赞); to state (声称)
称 chēng weighs and names; chèn fits just right; chèng is the old scale.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
The header says the formation was originally 形声; the traditional 稱 used 爯 (a steelyard lift) on the right, reduced in the simplified form — no sound rule is taught.
WHOLE CHARACTER
to weigh (称量); to call; to name (称呼, 自称); to praise (称赞); to state (声称)
称 chēng weighs and names; chèn fits just right; chèng is the old scale.
The header says the formation was originally 形声; the traditional 稱 used 爯 (a steelyard lift) on the right, reduced in the simplified form — no sound rule is taught.
MEANING: GRAIN
standing grain
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its role in other characters.
In 称: meaning: grain The grain radical; the older 稱 weighed grain.
RIGHT PIECE AFTER REDUCTION (尔)
you; thus (literary)
A literary standalone; kept separate from its sound role in 你.
In 称: right piece after reduction (尔) A reduced piece; not the old sound piece 爯.
No common modern word is offered for this reading; the dictionary sense remains in Sources.
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