钟 — Chinese character
钟
zhōng
clock; bell
- Pinyin
- zhōng
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 钅 中
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 中
- Traditional
- 鍾 鐘
Common words with 钟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分钟 (分鐘) | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 时钟 (時鐘) | shí zhōng | clock |
| 秒钟 (秒鐘) | miǎo zhōng | (time) second |
| 金钟 (金鐘) | jīn zhōng | Admiralty, Hong Kong |
| 钟声 (鐘聲) | zhōng shēng | the sound of a bell |
| 钟头 (鐘頭) | zhōng tóu | (coll.) hour |
| 钟爱 (鍾愛) | zhōng ài | to treasure; to be very fond of |
| 警钟 (警鐘) | jǐng zhōng | alarm bell |
| 闹钟 (鬧鐘) | nào zhōng | alarm clock |
| 钟表 (鐘錶) | zhōng biǎo | clock |
| 一见钟情 (一見鍾情) | yī jiàn zhōng qíng | to fall in love at first sight (idiom) |
| 钟楼 (鐘樓) | zhōng lóu | bell tower; campanile |
English words written with 钟
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.