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称 (appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame)

  • JLPT N1
  • 10 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 禾
  • #985 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
ショウ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
たた.えるとな.えるあ.げるかな.うはか.りはか.るほめ.る

Example words & Vocabulary

名称めいしょう
name
称するしょうする
to pretend, to take the name of, to feign, to purport
対称たいしょう
symmetry

Example sentences 3

神かみを称たたえ、武器ぶきを配置はいちせよ。

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

この図ずは左右さゆうが対称たいしょうではありません

The left and right sides of this diagram are not symmetrical.

マネージャーは彼かれの功績こうせきを称たたえた。

The manager complimented him on his achievement.

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