BloomkoHSK 2 · Names & identity
称
chēng
to call; to weigh
Stroke order of 称
称 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
Memory trick
禾 grain is weighed on a scale 尔 held up in the hand: to weigh and to name.
Parts: 禾 grain + 尔 you/scale
Example sentence
大家都称他老王。
Everybody calls him Lao Wang.