漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鐘: bell, gong
Also: chimes
JLPT N120 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 童 gives the sound
20 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 警鐘けいしょう
- 鐘楼しょうろうbelfry; bell tower
かねkane · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鐘かねbell (often a large hanging bell); chime
- 釣り鐘つりがねtemple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
童
Also built on juvenile (童)
The 童 sound family doesn't share one reading.
In ChineseSimplified 钟 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhōng
Japan keeps the traditional form 鐘; mainland China simplifies it to 钟.
- Simplified
- 钟 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鐘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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