鐘 — kanji meaning “bell”
鐘
bell, gong, chimes
- Meanings
- bell, gong, chimes
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- かね
- Strokes
- 20
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1681 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 167
- Chinese reading
- zhōng — Chinese character page
Words with 鐘
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警鐘 | けいしょう keishou | alarm bell; fire bell |
| 鐘楼 | しょうろう shourou | belfry; bell tower |
| 釣鐘 | つりがね tsurigane | temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell |
| 除夜の鐘 | じょやのかね joyanokane | temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve |
| 半鐘 | はんしょう hanshou | fire alarm; fire bell |
| 梵鐘 | ぼんしょう bonshou | bonshō; Buddhist temple bell |
| 晩鐘 | ばんしょう banshou | evening bell; curfew |
| 弔鐘 | ちょうしょう choushou | funeral bell; death knell |
| 早鐘 | はやがね hayagane | alarm bell |
| 巨鐘 | きょしょう kyoshou | large hanging bell |
| 入相の鐘 | いりあいのかね iriainokane | evening bell; vespers bell |
| 百八の鐘 | ひゃくはちのかね hyakuhachinokane | night-watch bell; bells tolling out the old year |
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