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Kanji鐘
Kanji reference
鐘

鐘 in Japanese names

bell, gong, chimes

Strokes20
ClassificationJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
KANJIDIC grade8
Name readings (nanori)0
KANJIDIC frequency rank: 1,681This is a general character-frequency field from KANJIDIC2, not a ranking of popularity in personal names.
JMnedict source rows115
Distinct written forms93
Given-name readings50
Surname readings40

These are counts inside the imported JMnedict corpus, not population-frequency or popularity estimates.

On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
かね
Name readings (nanori)
No value in the loaded record
Character glosses

English glosses recorded for 鐘

bellgongchimes

These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.

Name-use context

How 鐘 appears inside recorded Japanese names

The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 鐘 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.

Given names54 written forms
1 character1
2 characters48
3 characters5
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 鐘 within the main given names corpus.

Surnames33 written forms
1 character1
2 characters30
3 characters2
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 鐘 within the main surnames corpus.

Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings

12 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
亜鐘あかねAkane182
彩鐘あかねAkane182
愛鐘あかねAkane182
明鐘あかねAkane182
杏鐘あかねAkane182
鐘美かなみKanami152
鐘二しょうじShōji149
鐘壽しょうじShōji149
鐘次しょうじShōji149
鐘子しょうこShōko129
鐘香しょうこShōko129
鐘一郎しょういちろうShōichirō114

Recorded surname forms and full-name readings

10 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
鐘しょうShō33
鐘司しょうじShōji32
鐘治しょうじShōji32
押鐘しどうShidō13
鐘かねKane9
鐘井かねいKanei8
鐘居かねいKanei8
鐘本かねもとKanemoto8
鐘鋳かねいKanei8
鐘かねさきKanesaki7

“Group spellings” is the number of source-recorded spellings attached to that canonical reading group. It measures corpus depth, not population popularity.

Position profile

Where 鐘 appears in recorded name spellings

Position counts are calculated from source-recorded JMnedict forms included in the public reference. A spelling containing the same kanji more than once can contribute to more than one position category, so the position counts are not percentages and do not need to sum to the total.

Given names57 source rows
One-character form3
First character34
Final character20
Internal position0

54 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Surnames40 source rows
One-character form3
First character30
Final character7
Internal position0

33 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Literal co-occurrence

Kanji recorded alongside 鐘

These characters occur with 鐘 inside the same published JMnedict written-form records. A companion is highlighted only after at least two distinct written forms; this is corpus co-occurrence, not popularity or proof of a fixed semantic compound.

Name discovery

Other names using 鐘

These groups come directly from source-recorded JMnedict forms containing this character. Ordering reflects coverage inside the imported corpus, not real-world popularity.

Given names using 鐘

18 reading groups shown
Given-name reading
亜鐘

Akane

あかね

5 recorded spellings using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘夫

Kaneo

かねお

4 recorded spellings using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘二

Shōji

しょうじ

3 recorded spellings using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘子

Shōko

しょうこ

2 recorded spellings using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘二郎

Shōjirō

しょうじろう

2 recorded spellings using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘三

Shōzō

しょうぞう

2 recorded spellings using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
義鐘

Yoshikane

よしかね

2 recorded spellings using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
実鐘

Mikane

みかね

2 recorded spellings using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘美

Kanami

かなみ

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘一郎

Shōichirō

しょういちろう

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
千鐘

Chika

ちか

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘太郎

Shōtarō

しょうたろう

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘一

Shōichi

しょういち

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
陽鐘

Akine

あきね

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
空鐘

Takane

たかね

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘甲

Shōkō

しょうこう

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘三郎

Shōzaburō

しょうざぶろう

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
Given-name reading
鐘平

Shōhei

しょうへい

1 recorded spelling using 鐘 · Explore →
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Character data and name data stay separate

KANJIDIC2 supplies the readings, nanori, stroke count, frequency field, grade classification and English character glosses. JMnedict supplies the example personal-name records. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for current child-name character rules.

Source boundary

KANJIDIC2 supplies the character metadata. The jōyō/jinmeiyō grade interpretation is a reference layer; the Ministry of Justice remains the controlling official source for child-name character rules. Example names are imported from JMnedict.

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