Chinese symbol for “clang”
铿
kēng
Traditional: 鏗
(onom.) clang; jingling of metals; to strike
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clang is 铿 (kēng), defined as: (onom.) clang; jingling of metals; to strike.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “clang”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铛铛 (鐺鐺) | dāng dāng | (onom.) clang; clank of metal |
| 哐 | kuāng | (onom.) crash; bang; clang |
| 哐啷 | kuāng lāng | (onom.) clang; clatter; bang; crash; clank |
| 哗 (嘩) | huā | (onom.) bang; clang |
| 铛 (鐺) | dāng | clank; clang |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 铿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铿锵 (鏗鏘) | kēng qiāng | sonorous; resounding |
| 铿然 (鏗然) | kēng rán | (literary) resonant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clang”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.