Memory phrase for the character: 钟

钟

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Meaning

bell, clock, time at clock, handleless cup

Pronunciation

zhōng

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

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




 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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