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    3. 鐘

    鐘

    鐘かね

    bell

    N1KMT10Freq #1681Culture & TraditionsKanji20 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かね

    On'yomi

    ショウ

    bellgongchimes

    金童

    金
    亠
    立
    日
    里

    Stroke 0 / 20

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    鏡鐔鐓鐐鏑鏝鏃鏥鐓鏃鏡鐚艟鐔鐐鉉鐫鏝鏗

    Alternative forms of this concept

    釒

    Concepts using this kanji

    警鐘

    alarm bell

    鐘

    bell (often a large hanging bell)

    百八の鐘

    night-watch bell

    入相の鐘

    evening bell

    鐘状火山

    lava dome

    早鐘を打つ

    to beat fast (of a heart)

    時の鐘

    hour bell

    時鐘

    time bell

    半鐘

    fire alarm

    割れ鐘のような声

    resounding voice

    朝鮮鐘

    Korean bell

    点鐘

    ships' bell

    応鐘

    (in China) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp)

    除夜の鐘

    temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

    早鐘

    alarm bell

    鐘声

    sound of a bell

    電鐘

    electric signal bell (esp. at railway crossings)

    鐘を突く

    to strike a bell

    林鐘

    (in China) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A)

    鐘の音

    chimes

    自鳴鐘

    mechanical clock with a bell-ringing mechanism

    破れ鐘

    cracked bell

    黄鐘調

    ōshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

    林鐘梅

    Chinese bushberry

    巨鐘

    large hanging bell

    編鐘

    bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet)

    擦り半鐘

    fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near

    陣鐘

    bell or gong used to signal soldiers

    釣鐘型

    bell shape

    警鐘を鳴らす

    to ring an alarm bell

    鐘堂

    belfry

    鐘つき堂

    belfry

    半鐘泥棒

    very tall person

    暮鐘

    twilight tolling of a bell

    鐘鼎文

    bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions

    提灯に釣鐘

    two ill-matched things

    釣り鐘草

    campanula

    釣鐘堂

    belfry

    シチリアの晩鐘

    Sicilian Vespers (opera by Verdi)

    晩鐘

    evening bell

    黄鐘

    (in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A)

    釣り鐘虫

    bell animalcule (insect)

    鳴鐘

    bell-ringing (at a temple)

    鐘銘

    inscription on a temple bell

    釣鐘マント

    long cloak (worn by soldiers, students, etc. in the Meiji period)

    弔鐘

    funeral bell

    鐘塔

    (Western) bell tower

    鐘つき

    ringing of a bell

    釣鐘墨

    bell-shaped inkstick made from pine soot and wax

    釣鐘

    temple bell

    鐘鼓

    bells and drums (for music or signals)

    誰がために鐘は鳴る

    For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway)

    暁鐘

    bell rung to announce daybreak

    夾鐘

    (in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F)

    梵鐘

    bonshō

    鐘楼

    belfry

    鳧鐘

    temple bell

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亠
    • 日
    • 立
    • 里
    • 金

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    • 巨鐘
    • 警鐘
    • 鐘
    • 鐘楼
    • 弔鐘
    • 釣鐘
    • 晩鐘
    • 入相の鐘
    • 半鐘
    • 百八の鐘
    • 梵鐘
    • 暮鐘
    • 破れ鐘
    • 鐘声
    • 鐘つき
    • 鐘つき堂
    • 釣り鐘虫
    • 釣り鐘草
    • 時鐘
    • 早鐘
    • 鐘の音
    • 鐘を突く
    • 半鐘泥棒
    • 鐘鼎文
    • 除夜の鐘
    • 提灯に釣鐘
    • 割れ鐘のような声
    • 応鐘
    • 黄鐘
    • 林鐘
    • 鳧鐘
    • 夾鐘
    • 黄鐘調
    • 点鐘
    • 編鐘
    • 早鐘を打つ
    • 林鐘梅
    • 朝鮮鐘
    • 陣鐘
    • 擦り半鐘
    • 釣鐘マント
    • 鐘状火山
    • 電鐘
    • 鐘堂
    • 時の鐘
    • 鐘塔
    • 鳴鐘
    • 鐘銘
    • 警鐘を鳴らす
    • 釣鐘堂
    • 釣鐘型
    • 釣鐘墨
    • 鐘鼓
    • 暁鐘
    • 自鳴鐘
    • シチリアの晩鐘
    • 誰がために鐘は鳴る

    Similar concepts

    • 鏡
    • 鐔
    • 鐓
    • 鐐
    • 鏑
    • 鏝
    • 鏃
    • 鏥
    • 鐚
    • 艟
    • 鉉
    • 鐫
    • 鏗

    Variants

    • 釒

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