Memory phrase for the Kanji: 钟


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Meaning

bell, clock, time at clock, handleless cup

Pronunciation

zhōng

Explanation

Left: metal 钅(= Covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: center/middle (here: Top view of a bell mounted on an axle)

Mnemonic

Made of metal and mounted on an axle is: the bell .

Radicals

gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
middle
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Vocabulary

 分钟  fēn zhōng  minute
 甩钟  shuǎi zhōng  dice cup
 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣  huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng  lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣  huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng  


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