TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
稱
稱 ＝ 禾 ＋ 爯
ㄔㄥ · chēng/chèn
verb — to call, name; to weigh; (chèn) to fit
字源 FORM — what the parts do
禾義grain — the thing weighed
爯聲chēng — gives the sounda hand (爪) lifting its load — raising a thing to weigh it
Grain (禾) lifted onto the scale — 爯 chēng, a hand raising its load, gives the picture and the sound at once. Weigh it, then say the weight aloud: from weighing comes naming — 稱為、名稱. Read chèn, it is the weight that matches: 稱職、對稱.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手提起秤繩，禾（禾）掛上鉤，秤桿一平——他大聲報出斤兩。
A hand lifts the scale-cord, the grain (禾) on the hook; the arm levels — and he calls the weight out loud.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
chēng
(本義)稱重— to weigh
→稱為、名稱— to call, to name — the weight said aloud常用
⇒稱讚— to praise — naming the good
chèn
(引申)稱職、對稱— fitting; symmetrical — weights that match
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
秤chèngthe steelyard itself — with 平 instead名míngthe partner in 名稱 — the name half