鍾

See also: 钟, 锺, 鐘, and 鈡

鍾 U+937E, 鍾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-937E ← 鍽 [U+937D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鍿 → [U+937F]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 籦, 𡓯, 𥗦, 𦇮, 𬬐

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		鍾
simp.		钟*/锺
alternative forms		鐘 鈡 螤 𦉂
锺 - only used as a surname or in a given name

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鍾
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (重) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
撞	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦	*rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇	*rdoːŋ
𩪘	*rdoːŋ
艟	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽	*tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董	*toːŋʔ
蕫	*toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽	*toːŋʔ
懂	*toːŋʔ
湩	*toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童	*doːŋ
僮	*doːŋ
瞳	*doːŋ
罿	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝	*doːŋ
潼	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜	*doːŋ, *doŋ
動	*doːŋʔ
慟	*doːŋs
堹	*toŋs
諥	*toŋs
蹱	*tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重	*doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟	*doŋ, *doŋs
蝩	*doŋ
褈	*doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘	*tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾	*tjoŋ
籦	*tjoŋ
種	*tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫	*tjoŋʔ
踵	*tjoŋʔ
歱	*tjoŋʔ
喠	*tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅	*tjoŋs
衝	*tʰjoŋ
揰	*tʰjoŋs
尰	*djoŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōng (zhong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): zung¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zung¹

• Min Dong (BUC): cṳ̆ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng / chiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhong
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹
    • Yale: jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
    • Palladius: чжун (čžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹
    • Yale: jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zuung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng / chiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsing / tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng, ciofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• cheng - vernacular (incl. surname in Taiwan);
• chiong - literary (incl. surname in Mainland China and Taiwan).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zêng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨoŋ/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*toŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjoŋ/

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. vessel for containing alcohol
2. to concentrate one's love or attention

   鍾愛／钟爱  ―  zhōng'ài  ―  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. unit of capacity
4. Alternative form of 鐘／钟 (zhōng, “percussion musical instrument; bell”).
5. (obsolete, chiefly Nanzhao) younger brother
6. a surname

   鍾會／钟会  ―  Zhōng Huì  ―  Zhong Hui (military general and politician of Cao Wei)

   鍾南山／钟南山  ―  Zhōng Nánshān  ―  Zhong Nanshan (Chinese pulmonologist)

Usage notes

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

Compounds

• 一見鍾情／一见钟情 (yījiànzhōngqíng)
• 千鍾粟／千钟粟
• 圜鍾／圜钟
• 情之所鍾／情之所钟
• 情有獨鍾／情有独钟 (qíngyǒudúzhōng)
• 攔門鍾／拦门钟
• 氣殺鍾馗／气杀钟馗
• 洪鍾／洪钟
• 漢鍾離／汉钟离
• 獨鍾／独钟
• 畝鍾／亩钟
• 老態龍鍾／老态龙钟 (lǎotàilóngzhōng)

• 老邁龍鍾／老迈龙钟
• 茶鍾／茶钟
• 萬鍾／万钟 (wànzhōng)
• 賞鍾／赏钟
• 鍾儀楚奏／钟仪楚奏
• 鍾山／钟山 (Zhōngshān)
• 鍾情／钟情 (zhōngqíng)
• 鍾意／钟意 (zhōngyì)
• 鍾愛／钟爱 (zhōng'ài)
• 鍾期／钟期
• 鍾溺／钟溺
• 鍾王／钟王

• 鍾祥／钟祥 (Zhōngxiáng)
• 鍾簴／钟簴
• 鍾虡／钟虡
• 鍾釜／钟釜
• 鍾離／钟离 (Zhōnglí)
• 鍾靈毓秀／钟灵毓秀 (zhōnglíngyùxiù)
• 鍾馗／钟馗
• 鍾馗嫁妹／钟馗嫁妹
• 鼎鍾／鼎钟
• 鼓鍾／鼓钟
• 龍鍾／龙钟 (lóngzhōng)
• 龍鍾潦倒／龙钟潦倒

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Japanese

Kanji

鍾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bronze jar used for storing alcohol

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: さかずき (sakazuki, 鍾); あつめる (atsumeru, 鍾める)
• Nanori: あつみ (atsumi)

Compounds

• 鍾愛
• 鍾馗
• 鍾乳洞

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鍾
しょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

鍾(しょう) • (shō) 

1. bronze jar used for storing alcohol

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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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鍾: Hán Nôm readings: chung, chuông

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