The kanji 鐘: meaning, readings and stroke order
鐘
- Meaning
- bell
- On reading
- ショウ shou
- Kun reading
- かね kane
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 金 metal, gold
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chuông lớn (chung)
- Japanese
- つりがね。おおきな かね。
- Korean
- 종
- Chinese
- 钟、大钟 (钟)
Readings, words and example sentences
ショウ shou · on reading · less common
警鐘
warning, alarm bell
警鐘を 鳴らす 記事です。
It's an article that sounds a warning.
かね kane · kun reading
鐘
bell (large, hanging)
寺の 鐘が 鳴ります。
The temple bell rings.
Practise writing 鐘 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 鐘 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.