zhōng
cup
Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 鍾
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
minute | ||
clock | ||
alarm clock | ||
hour | ||
love at first sight (idiom) |
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