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鐘
鐘
Translingual
Han character
鐘 (radical 167 金+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 金卜廿土 (CYTG), four-corner 80114, composition ⿰金童)
References
- KangXi: page 1323, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40902
- Dae Jaweon: page 1822, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4258, character 6
- Unihan data for U+9418
Chinese
| trad. | 鐘 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 钟 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 鐘
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| Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (重) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
- Wade-Giles: chung1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zung1
- Yale: jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng
- Hakka Romanization System: zung´
- Hagfa Pinyim: zung1
- IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng / chiong
- Tâi-lô: tsing / tsiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: zefng, ciofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- Note: cheng - vernacular; chiong - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 鐘 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /t͡suŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡suŋ²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂuŋ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂuŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /p͡fəŋ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ʈ͡ʂuə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /p͡fə̃n³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂoŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂoŋ³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡suəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡suŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sũŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡soŋ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡soŋ³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡ɕyɔ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡san¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʈ͡ʂoŋ³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ʈ͡ʂən³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡suŋ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡suŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /tʃuŋ²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Nanning | /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡syŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡sœyŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡seŋ³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/toŋ²³/ /t͡soŋ²³/ /t͡siaŋ²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鐘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職容切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕɨoŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕioŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕioŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cuawŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕioŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhōng |
| 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; | |
| 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/ |
Noun
鐘 (classifiers 架 (jià), 座 (zuò))
Proper noun
鐘
- A surname. Zhong
References
- “鐘”, in MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ) (in Mandarin/English), accessed 2014-03-03
Japanese
Kanji
鐘
Readings
Compounds
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鐘 |
|
かね Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Korean
Hanja
鐘 • (jong) (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune-Reischauer chong, Yale cong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
鐘 (chung, chuông)
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