称

appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あ.げるかな.うたた.えるとな.えるはか.りはか.るほめ.る

Nanori (名乗り)

ね

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:985

Vocabulary

ショウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
愛称	アイショウ	pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
仮称	カショウ	temporary name; provisional name
敬称	ケイショウ	honorific title; honorific term of address
呼称	コショウ	name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
公称	コウショウ	public announcement; official statement; official claim; nominal; official; declared; claimed; official name

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
称する	しょうする	to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess; to claim; to pretend; to feign; to praise; to applaud
称める	ほめる	to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
１人称	いちにんしょう	first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
３人称	さんにんしょう	third person; third-person reference term; term used to refer to someone or something in the third person
称	しょう	name; title; designation; fame; reputation

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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