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鐘
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Translingual
Han character
鐘 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 金卜廿土 (CYTG), four-corner 80114, composition ⿰釒童)
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
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ): semantic 金 + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ). It indicates a bell, including a bronze large bell used in rituals in ancient China.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zong1
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җун (žun, I)
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): zung1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): zung1
- Northern Min (KCR): cé̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆ng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tson
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhong1
- 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/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: zong1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zung
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җун (žun, I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂuŋ²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zung1
- Yale: jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1
- Guangdong Romanization: zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: zuung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɵŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡suŋ⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng
- Hakka Romanization System: zungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zung1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: zung1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cé̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sœyŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡syŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- cheng - vernacular;
- chiong - literary.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: tsyowng
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*toŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*tjoŋ/
Definitions
鐘
- bell (Classifier: 架; 座)
- clock (Classifier: 架; 座)
- time measured in hours and minutes
- (Cantonese) hour (Classifier: 個／个; 粒; 句)
- (Cantonese, in general) time
- (Cantonese, colloquial) (the length or time period of) sexual services, such as that of prostitutes
- (historical) metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
- alternative form of 鍾 / 钟 (zhōng, “unit of capacity”)
- a surname
Usage notes
Synonyms
Compounds
- A鐘 / A钟
- 出鐘 / 出钟
- 分鐘 / 分钟 (fēnzhōng)
- 原子鐘 / 原子钟 (yuánzǐzhōng)
- 彈鐘 / 弹钟
- 打鐘 / 打钟
- 掩耳盜鐘 / 掩耳盗钟
- 掛鐘 / 挂钟 (guàzhōng)
- 揼波鐘 / 揼波钟
- 旺鐘 / 旺钟
- 時鐘 / 时钟 (shízhōng)
- 棋鐘 / 棋钟 (qízhōng)
- 私鐘 / 私钟
- 秒鐘 / 秒钟 (miǎozhōng)
- 管鐘 / 管钟 (guǎnzhōng)
- 編鐘 / 编钟 (biānzhōng)
- 老爺鐘 / 老爷钟 (lǎoyézhōng)
- 試鐘 / 试钟
- 警鐘 / 警钟 (jǐngzhōng)
- 買鐘 / 买钟
- 過鐘 / 过钟
- 鎛鐘 / 镈钟
- 鐘乳石 / 钟乳石 (zhōngrǔshí)
- 鐘擺 / 钟摆 (zhōngbǎi)
- 鐘樓 / 钟楼 (zhōnglóu)
- 鐘片琴 / 钟片琴 (zhōngpiànqín)
- 鐘琴 / 钟琴 (zhōngqín)
- 鐘簴 / 钟簴
- 鐘虡 / 钟虡
- 鐘頭 / 钟头 (zhōngtóu)
- 鐘點 / 钟点 (zhōngdiǎn)
- 鐘點工 / 钟点工 (zhōngdiǎngōng)
- 鐘鼎文 / 钟鼎文 (zhōngdǐngwén)
- 香鐘 / 香钟
- 鬧鐘 / 闹钟 (nàozhōng)
- 齋鐘 / 斋钟
Descendants
Others
References
- “鐘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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