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鐘 = 金 + 童

鐘 is a Japanese kanji written with 20 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bell”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 童 (juvenile). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 470.

Keyword
bell
RTK frame
470
Strokes
20
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
колокол
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鐘 clock

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 金 gold
  2. 童 juvenile

How to find 鐘 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鐘 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.