Kanji
Readingしょう
Frequency16%
Used in (30 in total)
belfry; bell tower
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
fire alarm; fire bell
bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
time bell; chime of a time bell
(Western) bell tower; campanile; belfry
evening bell; curfew
sound of a bell
bell-ringing (at a temple)
inscription on a temple bell
limestone cave; limestone cavern
(in China) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A); sixth lunar month
fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
twilight tolling of a bell
(in China) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp); tenth month of the lunar calendar
belfry; bell tower
(in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F); second lunar month
temple bell; (in Japan) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp)
electric signal bell (esp. at railway crossings)
bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions
1st note of the traditional Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D); eleventh lunar month
bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet)
Chinese bushberry; bush cherry; Prunus japonica