Kanji Detail for 鍾 - "wine jar, sake cup, bell, volume unit, gather"

鍾

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
鍾 means "wine jar, sake cup, bell, volume unit, gather."
1. Wine jar - A vessel for storing sake.
2. Sake cup - A drinking vessel.
3. Bell - A hanging bell.
4. Volume unit - A measure of approximately 50 liters.
5. Gather - To collect; to accumulate.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

spindle; gather; collect

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

cup, glass, goblet; surname

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Zhong

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

cup, glass, goblet; surname

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A wine vessel. Colloquially, a wine cup is also called 酒鍾. | To gather. As in 鍾靈毓秀 (gathering spiritual and refined qi), meaning where refined qi gathers. | An ancient measure name. Six hu and four dou equals one 鍾. Therefore a large salary is called 萬鍾 (ten thousand zhong).
Onyomi

shoh(しょう)
Kunyomi

atsu.meru(あつめる)

sakazuki(さかずき)
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

金 (kane・kanehen)
Related Keywords
wine jar vessel storing sake cup drinking bell hanging volume unit measure approximately liters gather