称

Meaning

称 centers on giving a name or title to someone or something, and by extension, praising or admiring them. The ideas of appellation, fame, and praise all flow from the act of calling someone by an honored name.

• 名称めいしょう
  N1

  name; title

• 自称じしょう

  self-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled; would-be

• 称するしょうする
  N1

  to call; to name

• 通称つうしょう

  popular name; common name; nickname; alias

• 呼称こしょう
  N2

  name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name

• 称号しょうごう

  title; name; degree

• 愛称あいしょう

  pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment

• 略称りゃくしょう

  abbreviation

• 一人称いちにんしょう

  first person

• 総称そうしょう

  general term; generic name

• 称すしょうす

  to call; to name

• 称えるたたえる

  to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

• 称えとなえ

  given name; title; appellation

• 対称たいしょう
  N1

  symmetry

• 詐称さしょう

  misrepresentation; false statement

• 敬称けいしょう

  honorific title; honorific term of address

• 仮称かしょう

  temporary name; provisional name

• 称えるとなえる

  to call (by a name); to name

• 非対称ひたいしょう

  asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry

• 称しょう

  name; title; designation

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