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鐘 kanji
bell, gong, chimes
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 20
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
かね
Words with 鐘
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —警鐘Popularalarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
- —鐘楼Popularbelfry; bell tower
- —巨鐘large hanging bell
- —弔鐘funeral bell; death knell
- —半鐘fire alarm; fire bell
- —晩鐘evening bell; curfew
- —梵鐘bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
- —暮鐘twilight tolling of a bell
- —鐘声sound of a bell
- —時鐘time bell; chime of a time bell
- —応鐘(in China) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp); tenth month of the lunar calendar
- —林鐘(in China) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A); sixth lunar month
- —鳧鐘temple bell; (in Japan) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp)
- —夾鐘(in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F); second lunar month
- —黄鐘1st note of the traditional Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D); eleventh lunar month
- —点鐘ships' bell
- —編鐘bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet)
- —電鐘electric signal bell (esp. at railway crossings)
- —鐘堂belfry; bell tower
- —鐘塔(Western) bell tower; campanile; belfry