鐘

See also: 鍾 and 钟

Translingual

Han character

鐘 (radical 167 金+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 金卜廿土 (CYTG), four-corner 8011₄)

1. clock
2. bell

References

• KangXi: page 1323, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40902
• Dae Jaweon: page 1822, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4258, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9418

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Chinese

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trad.		鐘
simp.		钟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōng (zhong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chûng
• Min Nan (POJ): cheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: chung¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹
    • Yale: jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕɪŋ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (鐘, reconstructed)
Character (鐘), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 章 (23) Final: 鍾 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 職容切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕɨoŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/cuawŋ/	/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/	/t͡ɕioŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (鐘, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
鐘								zhōng								‹ tsyowng ›								/*toŋ/								bell
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
鐘					17465					重					東					0					鍾					/*tjoŋ/
鐘					17467					重					東					0					鍾					/*tjoŋ/

Noun

鐘 (classifier 架, 座)

1. bell

   • 那個鐘每小時響一次。 [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

   • 這個鐘快了，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
   • 點鐘 / 点钟  ―  diǎnzhōng  ―  o'clock
   • 分鐘 / 分钟  ―  fēnzhōng  ―  minute
   • 秒鐘 / 秒钟  ―  miǎozhōng  ―  second

Proper noun

鐘

1. A surname​. Zhong

References

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

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Japanese

Kanji

鐘

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: かね (kane)

Noun

鐘 (hiragana かね, romaji kane)

1. bell

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鐘 (chung, chuông)

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