JLPT

N1

鐘

Strokes

20

Grade

8

Meanings

Bellbellchimesgong

Unicode

9418

Kunyomi

かね

kane

Onyomi

ショウ

shou

Vocabulary (12)

  • 黄鐘

    おうしき

    (in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A)

  • 朝鮮鐘

    ちょうせんがね

    Korean bell

  • 撞木

    しもく

    T-shaped wooden bell hammer

  • 早鐘

    はやがね

    alarm bell

  • 釣り鐘虫

    つりがねむし

    bell animalcule (insect)

  • 陣鉦

    じんがね

    bell or gong used to signal soldiers

  • つりがね型

    つりがねがた

    bell shape

  • 鳴鐘

    めいしょう

    bell-ringing (at a temple)

  • 釣り鐘墨

    つりがねずみ

    bell-shaped inkstick made from pine soot and wax

  • 編鐘

    へんしょう

    bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet)

  • 鐘鼎文

    しょうていぶん

    bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions

  • われ鐘

    われがね

    cracked bell