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鍾 = 重 + 金

鍾 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cluster”. It is built from 重 (heavy) and 金 (gold). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2794.

Keyword
cluster
RTK frame
2794
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ, シュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あつ.める, さかずき, かね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
spindle, кластер
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鍾 cup

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 重 heavy
  2. 金 gold

How to find 鍾 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heavy” + “gold”. 鍾 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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