zhōng
cup
Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 鍾
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
minute | ||
clock | ||
alarm clock | ||
hour | ||
love at first sight (idiom) |
Sources