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鐘

JLPT N1 20 strokes Frequency: #1681

Meanings

Bell, Gong, Chimes

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒童

Etymology

Pictophonetic: metal

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 20

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 rising bottom-to-top

9 vertical right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 dot right-to-left

12 diagonal right-to-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

14 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

15 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

16 horizontal bottom-to-top

17 horizontal bottom-to-top

18 vertical top-to-bottom

19 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

20 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ shou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かね kane

Words Using This Kanji

52 words total

Other (20 words)

警鐘けいしょう

alarm bell

bell (often a large hanging bell)

鐘楼しょうろう

belfry

弔鐘ちょうしょう

funeral bell

釣鐘つりがね

temple bell

入相の鐘いりあいのかね

evening bell

半鐘はんしょう

fire alarm

晩鐘ばんしょう

evening bell

百八の鐘ひゃくはちのかね

night-watch bell

暮鐘ぼしょう

twilight tolling of a bell

破れ鐘われがね

cracked bell

鐘つきかねつき

ringing of a bell

鐘声しょうせい

sound of a bell

鐘つき堂かねつきどう

belfry

釣り鐘虫つりがねむし

bell animalcule (insect)

釣り鐘草つりがねそう

campanula

時鐘じしょう

time bell

早鐘はやがね

alarm bell

鐘の音かねのね

chimes

巨鐘きょしょう

large hanging bell

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