ショウ, たた.える, とな.える, あ.げる, かな.う, はか.り, はか.る, ほめ.る, ね

appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame

JLPT1 G7 S10 F985

# combines an abbreviated form of (symmetry) + (pick/pluck) → pick up/raise an object in weighing it on a balance (compare ). adds grain/rice → raise crops in order to weigh them. *Name* is a borrowed meaning.

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