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Kanji Detail for 鐘 - "bell, chime, ring"
鐘
- Meaning
鐘 means "bell, chime, ring."
Bell - A percussion instrument made of bronze.
Temple bell - A large suspended bell.
Time bell - A bell for telling time.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
bell; gong; chimes
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
clock; bell
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]); clock (CL:座[zuo4]); amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
clock; bell
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A musical instrument. Cast from bronze. There are two types: 鎛鐘 and 編鐘. 鎛鐘 is large, one bell per frame. 編鐘 is small, sixteen bells share one frame. Their shape is small at the top and large at the bottom, roughly a flattened round shape, with a straight opening and two corners slightly drooping downward. The bell top has a handle with a ring for hanging. This is slightly different from ordinary bells. Ordinary bells all have a flared opening and a knob on top. Mostly used in Buddhist temples for reporting time. As in 暮鼓晨鐘 (evening drums and morning bells). Therefore a timepiece that can chime is also called 鐘.
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