Kanji N1

称: appellation, praise, admire

称 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning appellation, praise, admire, written with 10 strokes. It is read ショウ (on) and たたえる, となえる, あげる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 名称 (めいしょう, name) and 称する (しょうする, to call).

称

Meanings

  • appellation
  • praise
  • admire
  • name
  • title
  • fame
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#985 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • たたえる
  • となえる
  • あげる
  • かなう
  • はかり
  • はかる
  • ほめる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 称

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 名称めいしょう

    name; title

    JLPT N1
  • 称するしょうする

    to call; to name

    JLPT N1
  • 敬称けいしょう

    honorific title; honorific term of address

  • 仮称かしょう

    temporary name; provisional name

  • 通称つうしょう

    popular name; common name; nickname; alias

  • 愛称あいしょう

    pet name; nickname; affectionate name

  • 略称りゃくしょう

    abbreviation

  • 自称じしょう

    self-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.