Kanji
N1 20 strokes Grade 8 freq #1681

bell, gong, chimes

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

gold kane

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

alarm bell; fire bell
belfry; bell tower
large hanging bell
(in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F)
bell shape
bell rung to announce daybreak; morning bell
bells and drums (for music or signals)
bell-shaped inkstick made from pine soot and wax
mechanical clock with a bell-ringing mechanism
electric signal bell (esp. at railway crossings)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
Sicilian Vespers (opera by Verdi); Vespri siciliani
long cloak (worn by soldiers, students, etc. in the Meiji period)
fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway)

Example sentences

The bells chimed as the couple left the church.

Has the bell rung yet?

Her heart beat quickly out of fear.

Her heart was hammering.