鐘 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

bell, gong, chimes

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ショウJHS

Kun (native)

• かねJHS

Other languages

• 拼音zhong1
• 한글jong
• Hán-ViệtChung

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

20 strokes

Radical

金(かね)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+9418

grid_viewComponents

• 立たつ
• 里さと
• 金かね

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金童

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 鐘かね（かね）打楽器のひとつ。多くの形式は筒状で片方をふさいだ青銅製の金属板で、打撃を与え、音が長く響くようにしたもの。bell (often a large hanging bell), chime
• 鐘楼しょうろう仏教寺院で、梵鐘を吊るした建物。撞木で梵鐘を撞いて時を知らせる。キリスト教などにおける同様の建物を指す場合もある。belfry, bell tower
• 鐘声しょうせい鐘の鳴り響く音。sound of a bell
• 鐘堂しょうどうbelfry, bell tower
• 鐘塔しょうとう(Western) bell tower, campanile, belfry
• 鐘銘しょうめいinscription on a temple bell
• 鐘鼓しょうこ鐘と太鼓。bells and drums (for music or signals)
• 鐘つきかねつきringing of a bell, bell ringer
• 鐘の音かねのねchimes, toll of a bell
• 鐘鼎文しょうていぶんbronze-vessel and bell inscriptions
• 鐘つき堂かねつきどうbelfry, bell tower
• 鐘を突くかねをつくto strike a bell
• 鐘状火山しょうじょうかざんlava dome

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(58 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-8-12

Four Corner

8011.4

Spahn–Hadamitzky

8a12.6

Heisig

470

Nelson

4917