锺 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zhōng

cup

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鍾.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn

metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

重 Sound component

zhòng, chóng

heavy

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

zhōng

cup, glass, goblet; surname; variant of 鍾|钟[zhōng]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4201st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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