鐘

See also: 鍾 and 钟

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𢺚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1323, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40902
• Dae Jaweon: page 1822, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4258, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9418

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Chinese

trad.		鐘
simp.		钟*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鐘
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (重) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
撞	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦	*rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇	*rdoːŋ
𩪘	*rdoːŋ
艟	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽	*tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董	*toːŋʔ
蕫	*toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽	*toːŋʔ
懂	*toːŋʔ
湩	*toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童	*doːŋ
僮	*doːŋ
瞳	*doːŋ
罿	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝	*doːŋ
潼	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜	*doːŋ, *doŋ
動	*doːŋʔ
慟	*doːŋs
堹	*toŋs
諥	*toŋs
蹱	*tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重	*doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟	*doŋ, *doŋs
蝩	*doŋ
褈	*doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘	*tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾	*tjoŋ
籦	*tjoŋ
種	*tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫	*tjoŋʔ
踵	*tjoŋʔ
歱	*tjoŋʔ
喠	*tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅	*tjoŋs
衝	*tʰjoŋ
揰	*tʰjoŋs
尰	*djoŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhōng (zhong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җун (žun, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng
• Northern Min (KCR): cé̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng / chiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhong
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹
    • Yale: jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
    • Palladius: чжун (čžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җун (žun, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂuŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹
    • Yale: jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cé̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœyŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng / chiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsing / tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng, ciofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³/, /t͡siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• cheng - vernacular;
• chiong - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zêng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson
    • MiniDict: tson^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 鐘
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡suŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡suŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂuŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂuŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/p͡fəŋ²¹/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂoŋ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂoŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡suŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡soŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡soŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕyɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡san¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂoŋ³³/
	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡suŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡suŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/tʃuŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡syŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡seŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/toŋ²³/ /t͡soŋ²³/ /t͡siaŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowng

Rime
Character	鐘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職容切
Baxter	tsyowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*toŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鐘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyowng ›
Old Chinese	/*toŋ/
English	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	鐘	鐘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17465	17467
Phonetic component	重	重
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鍾	鍾
Old Chinese	/*tjoŋ/	/*tjoŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鐘

1. bell (Classifier: 架; 座)

   • 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 rings once every hour.

2. clock (Classifier: 架; 座)

   • 這個鐘快了，所以我把它校準了。 [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
4. a surname

Usage notes

• The surname (鐘／钟 (zhōng)) is different from the surname 鍾／锺 (zhōng).

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

鐘

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kun: かね (kane, 鐘, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 編鐘(へんしょう) (henshō): bianzhong

Kanji in this term
鐘
かね Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

鐘(かね) • (kane) 

1. bell

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Korean

Hanja

鐘 • (jong) (hangeul 종)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鐘 (chung, chuông)

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