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 + : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He 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

to call / to address as / appellation
to call; to address as / form of address; appellation
to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
called / to call sth (by a name) / to name
to call it... / known as...
to be called / to be known as
well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well
to praise / to acclaim / to commend / to compliment
name / term of address / title
to commend / to praise
title; appellation; form of address
title / appellation / form of address
after one's heart (idiom); gratifying and satisfactory / everything one could wish
to declare / to state / to call / to name
to praise / to compliment
to be satisfactory
to declare; to state / to call; to name
to acclaim / to sing the praises of

Sentences with 称

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