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bell
Stroke count: 20

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingかね

Meanings

  1. bellRtK
    教会からいく鳴り響いThe bells chimed as the couple left the church.tatoeba
    もう鳴っHas the bell rung yet?tatoeba
  2. gong
  3. chimes
  1. bell (often a large hanging bell)

Synonyms

チャイムブザーベル

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Mnemonic (RtK)

metal () · gold () · juvenile · vase · stand up () · computer

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 470

Compound words

の合図で彼らは食事をした。
The bell chimed them to meals.tatoeba
が鳴るとすぐ我々は起き上がった。
Directly the bell rang, we got up.tatoeba

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