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鐘

Readings

Kana: ショウ、かね
Romaji: shō, kane
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bell, gong, chimes

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  20
Radical Number:  167
Frequency:  1681
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-8-12
Korean Reading:  jong
Chinese Reading:  zhong1
Unicode:  9418
JIS:  3E62

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1769
Nelson Index: 4917
New Nelson Index: 6352
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a12.6
Four Corner Index: 8011.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1414
Gakken Index: 1425
Japanese Names Index: 2883
Daikanwanjiten Index: 40902
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0632
Remembering the kanji Index: 438
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1859
Kodansha Compact Index: 1835
Kanji in Context Index: 1607
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1159
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1578
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 445
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 470
Essential Kanji Index: 1695
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2222
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2872
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1935

Words

鐘 (かね)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
梵鐘 (ぼんしょう)
temple bell
釣鐘 (つりがね)
temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
鐘声 (しょうせい)
sound of a bell
鐘撞 (かねつき)
ringing of a bell; bell ringer
鐘楼 (しょうろう、しゅろう)
belfry; bell tower
警鐘 (けいしょう)
alarm bell; fire bell; warning
暮鐘 (ぼしょう)
twilight tolling of a bell
百八の鐘 (ひゃくはちのかね)
night-watch bell; bells tolling out the old year
鐘撞堂 (かねつきどう)
belfry; bell tower
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