TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
鐘
ㄓㄨㄥ · zhōng
noun — a bell; the clock; 分鐘's 鐘
字源 FORM — what the parts do
ITtóng → zhōng — t hardens to zh; 撞 zhuàng rides 童 the same way
Bronze (金) cast into the great bell — 說文: 樂鐘也. 童 tóng gives the sound, t hardened to zh. The bell told the hour; the clock took its name, and the minutes followed: 時鐘、鬧鐘、分鐘.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
銅（金）鐘敲一下，整條街都聽得見。
One strike of the bronze (金) bell — the whole street hears it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)銅鐘— the bronze bell
→時鐘、鬧鐘— the clock常用
⇒分鐘、鐘頭— clock time — minutes, hours常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
鍾zhōngthe lookalike — 重 on the right, the cup and 鍾愛's fondness; 鐘 keeps and the bell錶＝ ＋ 表biǎothe small timekeeper — 鐘錶's other half