Read Edit View history 钟 zhōngZhōng HSK2 cup Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 鐘 and 鍾. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhōng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鍾 ×鐘 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 钅 is a component form of 金. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钟 Simp strokes 钟 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钟 Simp strokes 钟 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 钟 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 304, 816 ], [ 329, 792 ], [ 340, 769 ], [ 305, 700 ], [ 228, 575 ], [ 186, 519 ], [ 108, 425 ], [ 55, 378 ] ], [ [ 286, 612 ], [ 423, 657 ], [ 458, 659 ] ], [ [ 206, 479 ], [ 255, 478 ], [ 386, 522 ], [ 427, 525 ] ], [ [ 163, 321 ], [ 211, 319 ], [ 294, 339 ], [ 401, 375 ], [ 445, 380 ] ], [ [ 270, 458 ], [ 293, 446 ], [ 311, 417 ], [ 314, 282 ], [ 300, 170 ], [ 305, 141 ], [ 355, 155 ], [ 446, 213 ] ], [ [ 468, 567 ], [ 497, 542 ], [ 508, 515 ], [ 544, 328 ] ], [ [ 527, 561 ], [ 545, 550 ], [ 636, 570 ], [ 847, 597 ], [ 881, 560 ], [ 842, 441 ], [ 817, 431 ] ], [ 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337 439 Q 316 458 296 469 C 270 485 251 487 263 460 Q 263 457 267 451 Q 286 409 290 360 L 292 318 Z", "M 520 565 Q 508 571 475 577 Q 462 581 459 575 Q 452 568 461 551 Q 492 487 510 381 Q 513 350 531 328 Q 550 306 555 322 Q 558 332 559 345 L 557 380 Q 548 414 534 529 C 530 559 530 561 520 565 Z", "M 860 411 Q 894 519 925 545 Q 946 567 918 586 Q 893 605 866 620 Q 850 633 828 622 Q 800 612 758 606 Q 733 603 709 598 L 655 588 Q 627 585 599 578 Q 554 571 520 565 C 490 560 505 522 534 529 Q 618 550 647 554 Q 648 555 655 555 L 708 562 Q 754 569 817 574 Q 830 575 835 569 Q 848 548 809 420 C 800 391 851 382 860 411 Z", "M 706 362 Q 775 371 870 376 Q 880 377 883 386 Q 883 393 860 411 C 842 425 839 425 809 420 Q 806 420 706 401 L 655 392 Q 603 385 557 380 C 527 377 529 346 559 345 Q 569 344 582 345 Q 612 352 655 356 L 706 362 Z", "M 655 356 Q 652 7 668 -21 Q 683 -36 691 -15 Q 706 27 706 362 L 706 401 Q 706 494 708 562 L 709 598 Q 712 724 731 755 Q 738 771 718 785 Q 694 804 652 815 Q 634 819 622 806 Q 612 799 624 786 Q 652 762 655 729 Q 655 674 655 588 L 655 555 Q 656 488 656 403 Q 655 399 655 392 L 655 356 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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