Hanja Analyzer
鐘

鐘 — jong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
쇠북 종
Romanization
jong
English
clock; bell
Mandarin
zhōng
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ, シュ
Japanese kun'yomi
かね
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,681 of 2,500
Strokes
20
Radical
金 (167, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
童
Unicode
U+9418

Parts that make up 鐘

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 童 아이 동sound 눈을 상하게 한 노예아이. ‘동·종’ 계열의 소리

How 鐘 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鐘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 童.

Korean example words with 鐘

  • 명종名鐘 Korean gloss: 이름난 종
  • 거종巨鐘 Korean gloss: 아주 큰 종
  • 신종晨鐘 Korean gloss: 새벽에 치는 종
  • 종루鐘樓 Korean gloss: 종을 달아 두는 누각
  • 고종古鐘 Korean gloss: 옛날에 만든 오래된 종
  • 종성鐘聲 Korean gloss: 종을 칠 때 울리는 소리
  • 예종豫鐘 Korean gloss: 어떤 내용을 미리 알리는 종소리
  • 종각鐘閣 Korean gloss: 큰 종을 달아 두기 위하여 지은 누각
  • 종대鐘臺 Korean gloss: 조종(弔鐘)을 다는, 나무로 만든 대
  • 종탑鐘塔 Korean gloss: 꼭대기에 종을 매달아 치도록 만든 탑
  • 좌종坐鐘 Korean gloss: 책상이나 탁자 따위에 올려놓게 만든 자명종
  • 종뉴鐘紐 Korean gloss: 큰 종을 매다는 고리. 주로 용이 조각되어 있다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 鐘

  • 鐘かね bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
  • 警鐘けいしょう alarm bell; fire bell; warning
  • 鐘楼しょうろう belfry; bell tower
  • 巨鐘きょしょう large hanging bell
  • 弔鐘ちょうしょう funeral bell; death knell
  • 釣鐘つりがね temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
  • 半鐘はんしょう fire alarm; fire bell
  • 晩鐘ばんしょう evening bell; curfew
  • 梵鐘ぼんしょう bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
  • 暮鐘ぼしょう twilight tolling of a bell
  • 鐘声しょうせい sound of a bell
  • 時鐘じしょう time bell; chime of a time bell

Characters sharing the phonetic 童

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “종”

Other hanja with radical 金

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences