鍾

See also: 钟 and 锺

Translingual

Han character

鍾 (radical 167 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金竹十土 (CHJG), four-corner 8211₄, composition ⿰金重)

1. used as a surname
2. to favour
3. to love

References

• KangXi: page 1316, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40672
• Dae Jaweon: page 1816, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4232, character 3
• Unihan data for U+937E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鍾 (Jyutping zung1, Yale jung1)

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Japanese

Kanji

鍾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: さかずき (sakazuki), あつめる (atsumeru)

Compounds

• 鍾愛
• 鍾馗
• 鍾乳洞

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Korean

Hanja

鍾 (jong) (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune-Reischauer chong, Yale cong)

1. 음훈: [술병 종] 술병, 술잔 = alcohol bottle, alcohol glass, alcohol receptacle

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鍾 (Pinyin zhōng (zhong1), Wade-Giles chung¹)

Noun

鍾 (traditional, Pinyin zhōng, classifier 架座, traditional 鐘,鍾, simplified 钟)

1. bell

   • 那個鍾每小時響一次。 [MSC, trad.]

     那个钟每小时响一次。 [MSC, simp.]

     Nà ge zhōng měi xiǎoshí xiǎng yīcì. [Pinyin]

     That bell ring every hour.

2. clock

   • 這個鍾快了，所以我把它校准了。 [MSC, trad.]

     这个钟快了，所以我把它校准了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhè ge zhōng kuài le, suǒyǐ wǒ bǎ tā xiàozhǔn le. [Pinyin]

     The clock was fast so I corrected it.

3. time measured in hours and minutes
   • 點鍾 / 点钟  ―  diǎnzhōng  ―  o'clock
   • 分鍾 / 分钟  ―  fēnzhōng  ―  minute
   • 秒鍾 / 秒钟  ―  miǎozhōng  ―  second

鍾 (traditional, Pinyin zhōng, traditional 鍾, simplified 钟)

1. handless cup, goblet

Verb

鍾 (traditional, Pinyin zhōng, simplified 钟)

1. (to concentrate one love or attention)
   • 鍾愛 / 钟爱  ―  zhōngài  ―  to treasure
   • 鍾情 / 钟情  ―  zhōngqíng  ―  to fall in love
   • 一見鍾情 / 一见钟情  ―  yījiànzhōngqíng  ―  love at first sight

Proper noun

鍾 (traditional, Pinyin zhōng, traditional 鍾,鐘, simplified 钟)

1. A surname​. Zhong

References

• "鍾" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-03.

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Middle Chinese

Han character

鍾 (*jiong)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

鍾 (TLPA tsing (tsing¹), tsiong (tsiong¹))

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References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鍾 (chung, chuông)

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