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See also: 鍾, 钟, and 鈡

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

  • 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
trad. 鐘
simp. 钟*
alternative forms 鍾
銿
鈡／钟
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 童 (OC *doːŋ).

Note:

  • cheng - vernacular;
  • chiong - literary.
  • Dialectal data
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/

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 jiàozhǔn 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. (Cantonese) hour (Classifier: 個／个; 粒; 句)
  5. (Cantonese, in general) time
  6. (Cantonese, colloquial) time, services of prostitutes
  7. (historical) metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
  8. Alternative form of 鍾／钟 (zhōng, “unit of capacity”)
  9. a surname
  • The surname (鐘／钟 (zhōng)) is different from the surname 鍾／锺 (zhōng).

Dialectal synonyms of 小時 (“hour (counting)”) [map]

Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †, 鐘點
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 小時 ‡, 鐘頭 †
Harbin 鐘頭 †, 鐘點兒 †
Malaysia 小時 †
Singapore 小時 †, 鐘頭 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 鐘頭 †
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 鐘頭兒 †, 鐘點兒 †
Wanrong 鐘頭兒 †
Southwestern Mandarin Liuzhou 鐘頭 †
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 鐘頭子 †
Cantonese Guangzhou 鐘 †, *, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
Hong Kong 鐘 †, §, 鐘頭 †
Taishan 鐘頭 †
Dongguan 點鐘 ×
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鐘 †
Penang (Guangfu) 鐘 †
Singapore (Guangfu) 鐘 †
Gan Nanchang 鐘頭 †
Lichuan 鐘頭 †
Hakka Meixian 點鐘 ×
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 點鐘 ×
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 點鐘 ×
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 點鐘 ×
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 點鐘 ×
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 點鐘 ×
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 點鐘 ×
Huizhou Jixi 鐘頭 †
Jin Taiyuan 鐘頭 †
Northern Min Jian'ou 點鐘 ×, 鐘頭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 點鐘 ×
Singapore (Fuqing) 點鐘 ×
Southern Min Xiamen 點鐘 ×
Shishi 點鐘 ×
Tainan 點鐘 ×
Penang (Hokkien) 點鐘 ×
Singapore (Hokkien) 點鐘 ×
Manila (Hokkien) 點鐘 ×
Chaozhou 點鐘 ×
Shantou 點鐘 ×
Shantou (Chenghai) 點鐘 ×
Jieyang 點鐘 ×
Singapore (Teochew) 點鐘 ×
Haikou 鐘頭 †
Singapore (Hainanese) 點鐘 ×
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 鐘 †, 鐘頭 †, 點鐘 ×
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 點鐘 ×
Wu Shanghai 鐘頭 †
Danyang 鐘頭 †
Ningbo 鐘頭 †
Note † - requires the classifier 個; ‡ - can be used with or without the classifier 個; § - requires the classifier 粒; * - requires the classifier 句; ¶ - requires the classifier 隻; × - cannot be used with a classifier

Others

鐘

(Jōyō kanji)

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

鐘(かね) • (kane) 

  1. bell
Kanji in this term
鐘
しょう
Grade: S
on'yomi

鐘(しょう) • (shō) 

  1. bell
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

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