to fit / balanced / suitable
to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise

= + : Charlie Chaplin practices eating cereals blindfolded in front of the engine. As he is eating he wonders why the bowl is suddenly so heavy. The reason is that a peace dove sat down on the bowl and eats the cereals as well. The peace dove names Charlie Chaplin a real idiot because he doesn't notice.
variant of 秤[cheng4] / steelyard

称 character breakdown

variant of 爾|尔[er3]
thus / so / like that / you / thou

= + : Mnemonic symbol derived from the components: a peace dove. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to send a message of peace to earth from the space station's living room (Ø3). He wanted to give a dove (尔) a daisy (小) so that it can bring it to earth, but the dove is late! Albert has no choice but to give it to a passing crane (⺈) instead. Thus, the crane flies to earth with the daisy in his beak, just like a peace dove.
cereal / grain

= 丿 + : A bowl of cereals. Hamlet made himself a bowl of cereals with bananas and a Christmas tree just inside the elevator's kitchen. He thinks the elevator's kitchen is a stage, and holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

Characters with 称 as component

称 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 称

well proportioned / well shaped
another name / alternative name
to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate
alternative name / to refer to sth by another name; antonomasia
alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia
joint name / combined name
unsymmetrical / asymmetric
to give sb or sth a title one has no authority to give
to speak / to say
common term / general term
voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
also known as / alternative name / to also be called
to make a confession (law)
to claim falsely

Sentences with 称

ǎn
lǎo
su̅n
méi
yǒu
yi̅
jiàn
chèn
shǒu
de
bi̅ng
qì