Kanji1 / 20
鐘 kanji
bell, gong, chimes
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 20
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
かね
Words with 鐘
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鳴鐘bell-ringing (at a temple)
- —鐘銘inscription on a temple bell
- —鐘鼓bells and drums (for music or signals)
- —暁鐘bell rung to announce daybreak; morning bell; something that ushers in a new age
- —鐘鼎文bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions
- —林鐘梅Chinese bushberry; bush cherry; Prunus japonica
- —朝鮮鐘Korean bell
- —自鳴鐘mechanical clock with a bell-ringing mechanism
- —半鐘泥棒very tall person
- —擦り半鐘fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
- —鐘状火山lava dome
- —警鐘を鳴らすto ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn; to raise the alarm; to send a wake-up call
- —シチリアの晩鐘Sicilian Vespers (opera by Verdi); Vespri siciliani
- —鐘乳石stalactite
- —鐘乳洞limestone cave; limestone cavern
- —擦半鐘fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
- —擂り半鐘fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
- —警鐘をならすto ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn; to raise the alarm; to send a wake-up call