Chinese symbol for “knell”
丧钟
sāng zhōng
Traditional: 喪鐘
knell
The closest CC-CEDICT match for knell is 丧钟 (sāng zhōng), defined as: knell.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “knell”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丧钟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丧失 (喪失) | sàng shī | to lose; to forfeit |
| 沮丧 (沮喪) | jǔ sàng | dispirited; dejected |
| 丧生 (喪生) | sàng shēng | to die; to lose one's life |
| 丧命 (喪命) | sàng mìng | to lose one's life |
| 丧尸 (喪屍) | sāng shī | zombie |
| 丧礼 (喪禮) | sāng lǐ | funeral |
| 分钟 (分鐘) | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 时钟 (時鐘) | shí zhōng | clock |
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.