鐘
big bell; bell; gong; chimes
20 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1681.
Readings
- かね (kun reading): 鐘 (かね) bell (often a large hanging bell); 早鐘 (はやがね) alarm bell
- ショウ (on reading): 鐘楼 (しょうろう) belfry; 梵鐘 (ぼんしょう) bonshō
Components
Words using 鐘
- 鐘 (かね) bell (often a large hanging bell)
- 早鐘 (はやがね) alarm bell
- 釣鐘 (つりがね) temple bell
- 除夜の鐘 (じょやのかね) temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
- 時の鐘 (ときのかね) hour bell
- 鐘楼 (しょうろう) belfry
- 梵鐘 (ぼんしょう) bonshō
- 警鐘 (けいしょう) alarm bell
- 鐘銘 (しょうめい) inscription on a temple bell
- 半鐘 (はんしょう) fire alarm
- 黄鐘 (おうしき) (in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A)
- 黄鐘調 (おうしきちょう) ōshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
58 words in all.