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鉦
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
钲
🇨🇳

ancient

HSK 10
Human →Body
zhēng
セイ、ショウ
かね
정
Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鉦)
金 gold+ 正 correct =
鉦 ancient
金
金 Meaning component
jīn gold
正
正 Phonetic component
zhèng correct
right, proper, correct
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Simplified (钲)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 正 correct =
钲 kind of gong used in ancient times by troops on the march
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
bell
正 Phonetic component
zhèng correct
right, proper, correct
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Notes
Similar Characters
劉 Liu (trad)蓥 polish (alt) (simp)釘 nail (trad)釜 pot針 needle (trad/jp)鉛 lead (trad/jp)鉞 broad-axe (trad)鉴 looking (simp)銎 eyehole to hang an axe by銜 title (trad)銮 bells hung on horse (simp)銷 put up for sale (trad)鋈 silver plating錄 record (trad)錢 coin (trad)錯 mistaken (trad/jp)錶 watch (trad)錾 engraving tool (simp)鍛 forge (trad/jp)鍪 an iron pan
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Clerical
Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
鉦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
钲 / 鉦 [zhēng]
gong used to halt troops
Japanese
鉦 かね 、 しょう 同音
noun gong; handbell
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
鉦や太鼓で探しあてた割には、あいつ期待はずれだったよな。
He turned out to be a real disappointment after we went through hell and high water to find him.
Japanese Names
鉦 しょう
Shou given name
鉦 まさし
Masashi given name
JAPANESE WORDS (4)
陣鐘 [じんがね] #123,715
bell or gong used to signal soldiers
鉦鼓 [しょうこ] #135,891
small gong (used in gagaku)
鉦叩 [かねたたき]
Ornebius kanetataki (species of scaled crickets)
銅鉦ぶいぶい [どうがねぶいぶい]
cupreous chafer (scarabaeid beetle, Anomala cuprea)