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鈴

Bell
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingリン、レイ
Kun readingすず
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 39

Meanings

  1. bell
  2. buzzer
  3. small bellRtK
  1. bell (often globular)

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (すず)
錫 · tin (Sn)

Radicals and components

Radical金gold釒variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

metal (金) · gold (金) · orders · meeting · chop-seal · hanko

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1508

Compound words

鈴木すずき
Suzuki (common surname)
風鈴ふうりん
wind chime; wind bell
亜鈴あれい
dumbbell
唖鈴あれい
dumbbell
呼鈴よびりん
bell (used for summoning or signalling)
振鈴しんれい
hand bell
電鈴でんれい
electric bell
予鈴よれい
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly
鈴虫すずむし
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonica)
啞鈴あれい
dumbbell
呼び鈴よびりん
bell (used for summoning or signalling)
馬鈴薯ばれいしょ
potato
馬鈴藷ばれいしょ
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
馬鈴薯澱粉ばれいしょでんぷん
potato starch
鈴峯女子短大れいほじょしたんだい
Reiho Women's Junior College

Additional Examples

鈴木さんはトムのいたずらにご立腹だ。
Mr. Suzuki is angry about Tom's prank.tatoeba
土手の向こうに屋根が見えるのが鈴木君の家です。
The house whose roof you see beyond the bank is Mr Suzuki's.tatoeba
誰が猫の首に鈴をつけるか。
Who will bell the cat?tatoeba
雪のため、鈴木氏の送別パーティーに出席できなかった。
The storm prevented me from attending the farewell party in honor of Mr Suzuki.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Small bell. Metal 金 + 令 (command) — metal that rings out a signal.Also known as “Buzzer”

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鈴

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step