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鍾

鍾

See also: 钟 and 锺

Translingual

Han character

鍾 (radical 167 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金竹十土 (CHJG), four-corner 82114, composition ⿰金重)

  1. to love

References

  • KangXi: page 1316, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40672
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1816, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4232, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+937E

Chinese

trad. 鍾
simp. 钟

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鍾
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 鍾 鍾
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhōng zhōng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyowng › ‹ tsyowng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*toŋ/ /*toŋ/
English accumulate; repeat bell; wine vessel; an ancient measure

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 鍾
Reading # 1/1
No. 17466
Phonetic
component		 重
Rime
group		 東
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 鍾
Old
Chinese		 /*tjoŋ/

Definitions

鍾

  1. handless cup, goblet
  2. to concentrate one's love or attention
    鍾愛 / 钟爱  ―  zhōngài  ―  to treasure
    鍾情 / 钟情  ―  zhōngqíng  ―  to fall in love
    一見鍾情 / 一见钟情  ―  yījiànzhōngqíng  ―  love at first sight
  3. A surname​.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with 鐘／钟 (zhōng).

References

  • “鍾”, in MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ) (in Mandarin/English), accessed 2014-03-03
  • (Min Nan) “Entry #12464”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

鍾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

鍾 • ‎(jong) (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune-Reischauer chong, Yale cong)

  1. 음훈: [술병 종] 술병, 술잔 = alcohol bottle, alcohol glass, alcohol receptacle

Vietnamese

Han character

鍾 (chung, chuông)

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