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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 钟

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
钟 zhōng - surname Zhong
钟 zhōng - handleless cup; goblet
- (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
- variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1]
钟 zhōng - a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4])
- clock (CL:座[zuo4])
- amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 3 1,172 2,258 1,503

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 钅 中

Radical:

钅

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

中

Semantic:

钅

Hint:

Metal

Other Words Containing 钟

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
分钟 1 2 324 611 384
钟 5 3 1,172 2,258 1,503
钟头 - 6 6,541 19,013 11,256
闹钟 - 4 8,910 9,798 3,797
一见钟情 - - 9,950 16,466 8,251
时钟 - - 11,446 19,038 12,791
钟爱 - - 11,785 18,310 12,014
钟楼 - - 17,103 28,888 21,356
警钟 - 8 17,817 19,174 24,083
钟表 - - 18,077 17,945 12,803
钟情 - - 18,117 20,720 14,782
情有独钟 - - 21,126 21,873 18,824
钟点 - - 25,909 48,368 28,120
钟摆 - - 29,159 60,069 39,630
钟点工 - - 29,792 38,856 30,474
秒钟 - - 33,004 31,742 27,798
生物钟 - - 38,135 25,890 11,692
丧钟 - - 38,782 70,237 54,218
挂钟 - - 43,929 48,409 24,153
原子钟 - - 48,291 - -
座钟 - - 70,373 87,153 63,162
钟乳石 - - 75,914 71,019 62,501
定时钟 - - 94,536 - -