鐘

鐘 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 金卜廿土 (CYTG), four-corner 8011₄, composition ⿰釒童)

• 𢺚

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1323, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40902
• Dae Jaweon: page 1822, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4258, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9418

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• 鐘姓

Historical forms of the character 鐘
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ). It indicates a bell, including a bronze large bell used in rituals in ancient China.

鐘

1. bell (Classifier: 架; 座)

   那個鐘每小時響一次。 [MSC, trad.]
   那个钟每小时响一次。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nà ge zhōng měi xiǎoshí xiǎng yīcì.

   That bell rings once every hour.

2. clock (Classifier: 架; 座)

   這個鐘快了，所以我把它校準了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这个钟快了，所以我把它校准了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè ge zhōng kuài le, suǒyǐ wǒ bǎ tā jiàozhǔn le.

   The clock was fast so I corrected it.

3. time measured in hours and minutes

   點鐘／点钟  ―  diǎnzhōng  ―  o'clock

   分鐘／分钟  ―  fēnzhōng  ―  minute

   秒鐘／秒钟  ―  miǎozhōng  ―  second

4. (Cantonese) hour (Classifier: 個／个; 粒; 句)

   一個鐘零十五分鐘 [Cantonese, trad.]
   一个钟零十五分钟 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ go³ zung¹ ling⁴ sap⁶ ng⁵ fan¹ zung¹

   one hour and fifteen minutes

   斷鐘計／断钟计 [Cantonese]  ―  dyun³ zung¹ gai³   ―  to be counted in hours

5. (Cantonese, in general) time

   夠鐘／够钟 [Cantonese]  ―  gau³ zung¹   ―  it's time

   揼波鐘／揼波钟 [Cantonese]  ―  dam⁶ bo¹ zung¹   ―  to stall for time

6. (Cantonese, colloquial) (the length or time period of) sexual services, such as that of prostitutes

   彈鐘／弹钟 [Cantonese]  ―  daan⁶ zung¹   ―  to reject a prostitute

   落鐘／落钟 [Cantonese]  ―  lok⁶ zung¹   ―  (of a sexual service) to end

7. (historical) metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
8. Alternative form of 鍾 / 钟 (zhōng, “unit of capacity”)
9. a surname

• The surname (鐘／钟 (zhōng)) is different from the surname 鍾／锺 (zhōng).

Others

• → Middle Vietnamese: chuâng
  • Vietnamese: chuông

• “鐘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kun: かね (kane, 鐘, Jōyō)

• (Tokyo) かね (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

鐘(かね) • (kane) 

1. bell

• (Tokyo) しょー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

鐘(しょう) • (shō) 

1. bell

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

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鐘

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鐘 (eumhun 쇠북 종 (soebuk jong))

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鐘: Hán Nôm readings: chung, chuông

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