Chinese Character 鐘 Meanings and components.

Form

鐘

Meaning

鐘 meaning[3] in English

Clock.

O'Clock.

Time As Measured In Hours And Minutes.

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Main Components

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

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 CYTG

How to write 鐘

To write鐘zhong1clock you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 童tong2surname Tong arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 童 = 鐘

鐘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鐘
Pinyin:zhong1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Clock . O'Clock . Time As Measured In Hours And Minutes . Bell . Cl:架[Jia4],座[Zuo4]
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
童
Pinyin:tong2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Tong
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
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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