Chinese Character 鍾 Meanings and components.

Form

鍾

Meaning

鍾 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zhong.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鍾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and to repeat (重)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CHJG

How to write 鍾

To write鍾zhong1surname Zhong you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 重zhong4to repeat arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 重 = 鍾

鍾 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 鍾 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 鍾, looks as follow:

鍾
Pinyin:zhong1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhong
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
重
Pinyin:zhong4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Repeat . Repetition . Again . Re- . Classifier: Layer
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
里
Pinyin:li3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 裡|里[Li3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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