钟 (zhōng): meaning and stroke order
钟 (zhōng) means a (large) bell (CL:架), clock (CL:座).
钟
- Simplified
- 钟
- Traditional
- 鐘, 鍾
- Pinyin
- zhōng
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Stroke order of 钟
钟
- Zhōng surname Zhong
- zhōng handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
- zhōng a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]); clock (CL:座[zuo4])
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 鍾
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Meaning of 钟
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zhōng
Traditional 鐘
- a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4])
- clock (CL:座[zuo4])
- amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
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Zhōng
Traditional 鍾
- surname Zhong
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zhōng
Traditional 鍾
- handleless cup; goblet
- (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
- variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1]
Radical and structure
- 钟
- Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 钅 on the left, 中 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 钟
- 分钟 fēn zhōng minute
- 挂钟 guà zhōng wall clock
- 钟头 zhōng tóu (coll.) hour
- 闹钟 nào zhōng alarm clock
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).