Read Edit View history 鐘 zhōng HSK3 clock Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 童 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhōng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 钟 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鐘 Simp strokes 鐘 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鐘 Simp strokes 鐘 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鐘 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 305, 796 ], [ 343, 752 ], [ 305, 661 ], [ 245, 550 ], [ 183, 453 ], [ 101, 347 ], [ 75, 323 ] ], [ [ 349, 676 ], [ 354, 668 ], [ 418, 635 ], [ 448, 600 ] ], [ [ 214, 456 ], [ 264, 458 ], [ 371, 493 ], [ 399, 493 ] ], [ [ 171, 321 ], [ 220, 318 ], [ 366, 359 ], [ 409, 363 ] ], [ [ 283, 441 ], [ 308, 426 ], [ 312, 417 ], [ 310, 186 ], [ 306, 169 ], [ 294, 159 ] ], [ [ 180, 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