锺

鍾
zhōng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 nonstandard variant of 钟; ancient wine vessel; to concentrate (affection)
  2. 2 surname Zhong

Examples

HSK 7-9
Qiángshàng nà kǒu lǎo zhōng yòu tíng le.
The old clock on the wall has stopped again.

Tips

history
Not a standalone everyday word: it is a nonstandard simplification of 鍾 (a round wine cask; to gather one's feelings, as in 钟爱). Standard writing merged it into 钟, but it persists in some surnames. It is the metal radical 钅 plus phonetic 重.
register
Variant form; appears mostly in older texts and personal names, not in standard modern writing.

Components

radical
钅 jīn
metal; gold
The left-side metal radical, 金 contracted. It marks the original sense of a cast bronze cask, the same family as 钟 and 铜.
phonetic
重 zhòng
heavy; to repeat; phonetic
Supplies the sound, read here as zhōng. The standard form 钟 swapped this for the simpler 中; it lends pronunciation only.

Stroke Order

锺 zhōng