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鍾
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
钟
🇨🇳

draw together

HSK 10
Abstract →Time
zhōng
ショウ、シュ
あつ.める、さかずき、かね
종
Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鍾)
釒 kangxi+ 重 heavy =
鍾 draw together
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
釒 is a component form of 金.
重 Phonetic component
zhòng heavy
heavy, weighty
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Simplified (钟)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 中 middle =
钟 cup
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
钅 is a component form of 金.
中 Phonetic component
zhōng middle
central
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Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Clerical
Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鍾
Regular
Modern
Chinese
钟 / 鍾 [Zhōng]
surname Zhong
钟 / 鍾 [zhōng]
handleless cup; goblet; to concentrate; variant of 鐘|钟[zhōng]
Japanese
鍾 しょう 同音
noun round bronze jar used for storing alcohol (Han dynasty China)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鍾 あつみ
Atsumi given name
鍾 あつむ
Atsumu given name
鍾 しょう
Shou surname
鍾 ちょう
Chō surname
鍾 ちん
Chin surname
CHINESE WORDS (12)
钟爱 [zhōng​'ài] #11,785
to treasure
钟情 [zhōng​qíng] #18,117
to fall in love
情有独钟 [qíng​yǒu​dú​zhōng] #21,126
to have a special fondness (for sth)
甩钟 [shuǎi​zhōng]
dice cup
老态龙钟 [lǎo​tài​lóng​zhōng] #47,081
doddering
色钟 [shǎi​zhōng]
dice cup
钟繇 [Zhōng​Yáo]
Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cáo​Wèi] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kǎi​shū]
钟万学 [Zhōng​Wàn​xué]
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966-), Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta (2014-)
钟馗 [Zhōng​Kuí] #43,915
Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits)
钟点房 [zhōng​diǎn​fáng] #48,722
hourly rate hotel
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JAPANESE WORDS (10)
⭐ 鍾乳洞 [しょうにゅうどう] #40,833
limestone cave
鍾乳石 [しょうにゅうせき] #58,949
stalactite
鍾馗 [しょうき] #87,443
Shōki the Plague-Queller
鍾愛 [しょうあい] #105,118
deep affection
鍾馗さん [しょうきさん] #315,589
small statue of Shōki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses in parts of Kyoto and Nara)
正気散 [しょうきさん]
traditional Chinese cold remedy (a medical powder with antipyretic and diaphoretic effects)
落錘 [らくすい]
falling weight
鍾乳体 [しょうにゅうたい]
cystolith
鍾馗水仙 [しょうきずいせん]
Lycoris traubii (species of spider lily)
鍾馗蘭 [しょうきらん]
Yoania japonica (species of orchid)