称

称 — appellation, praise, admire

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 10
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #985 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: しょう shou
Kun'yomi: たた.える tata.eru

とな.える tona.eru

あ.げる a.geru

かな.う kana.u

はか.り haka.ri

はか.る haka.ru

ほめ.る home.ru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 称

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