钟
handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1]
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #939 U+949F
How 钟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 中 (phonetic, zhōng)
How to remember it
bell · Heisig RSH #280
metal + 中 middle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 中
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 中 (zhōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中 sound component | zhōng | central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese |
| 虫 | chóng | insect, worm; mollusk |
| 种 | zhǒng | race, kind, breed; seed; to plant |
| 冲 | chōng | wash, rinse, flush; dash; soar |
| 忠 | zhōng | loyalty, devotion, fidelity |
| 肿 | zhǒng | swelling; swollen; to swell |
| 盅 | zhōng | small cup or bowl |
| 忡 | chōng | sad, grieving; distressed, uneasy |
Words containing 钟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 台上一分钟，台下十年功 | tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng | ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom) |
| 三分钟热度 | sān fēn zhōng rè dù | brief period of enthusiasm; flash in the pan |
| 数字时钟 | shù zì shí zhōng | digital clock |
| 钟山县 | Zhōng shān Xiàn | Zhongshan, a county in Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 钟山区 | Zhōng shān Qū | Zhongshan, a district of Liupanshui City 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4 pan2 shui3 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 一见钟情 | yī jiàn zhōng qíng | to fall in love at first sight (idiom) |
| 生物钟 | shēng wù zhōng | biological clock |
| 分分钟 | fēn fēn zhōng | any minute now; in next to no time; at every minute; constantly |
| 大本钟 | Dà běn Zhōng | Big Ben |
| 钟点工 | zhōng diǎn gōng | hourly worker; hourly job |
| 定时钟 | dìng shí zhōng | timer; timing clock; alarm clock |
| 数字钟 | shù zì zhōng | digital clock |
| 原子钟 | yuán zǐ zhōng | atomic clock |
| 情有独钟 | qíng yǒu dú zhōng | to have a special fondness (for sth) |
| 钟万学 | Zhōng Wàn xué | Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966-), Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta (2014-) |
| 老态龙钟 | lǎo tài lóng zhōng | (idiom) doddering; senile |
| 钟点房 | zhōng diǎn fáng | hotel room rented at an hourly rate |
| 时钟座 | Shí zhōng zuò | Horologium (constellation) |
| 钟山 | Zhōng shān | see 鐘山縣|钟山县[Zhong1 shan1 Xian4]; see 鐘山區|钟山区[Zhong1 shan1 Qu1] |
| 钟头 | zhōng tóu | (coll.) hour |