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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 (12 words)

時の鐘ときのかね

hour bell

鐘塔しょうとう

(Western) bell tower

鐘銘しょうめい

inscription on a temple bell

鳴鐘めいしょう

bell-ringing (at a temple)

警鐘を鳴らすけいしょうをならす

to ring an alarm bell

釣鐘堂つりがねどう

belfry

釣鐘型つりがねがた

bell shape

釣鐘墨つりがねずみ

bell-shaped inkstick made from pine soot and wax

鐘鼓しょうこ

bells and drums (for music or signals)

暁鐘ぎょうしょう

bell rung to announce daybreak

自鳴鐘じめいしょう

mechanical clock with a bell-ringing mechanism

シチリアの晩鐘シチリアのばんしょう

Sicilian Vespers (opera by Verdi)

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