堪称
kānchēng · HSK 7
can be rated as...
🏅 堪 = worthy/able-to-bear + 称 = to call/name, so worthy to be called (a title)
堪 means can bear or be worthy of; 称 here means to call or name (as in 称为). Together: worthy to be called X, i.e. may be rated as. Sound: kānchēng, with 称 also read chēng when it means to name.
称 — grain 禾 + 尔 (phonetic)
称 is a semantic-phonetic compound: the grain radical 禾 on the left points to weighing grain on a balance, while 尔 hints at the sound. It originally meant 'to weigh' on a steelyard, then extended to 'to state the weight of,' and finally to general senses like 'to call,' 'to name,' or 'title.'