JLPT N1 · 20 strokes
Kanji 鐘: "bell, gong, chimes"
The kanji 鐘 means "bell, gong, chimes". It is written with 20 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ショウ in on'yomi and かね in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かね
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | bell, gong, chimes |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 20 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1681 of 2,501 |
Common words with 鐘
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 鐘bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
- 鐘の音chimes; toll of a bell
- 早鐘を打つto beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
- 警鐘alarm bell; fire bell · warning; wake-up call
- 警鐘を鳴らすto ring an alarm bell · to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn; to raise the alarm
- 鐘楼belfry; bell tower
- 早鐘alarm bell
- 除夜の鐘temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
- 半鐘fire alarm; fire bell
- 釣鐘temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
- 梵鐘bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
- 時の鐘hour bell
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