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鉦: small gong

small gong; bell
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Readings

On
セイ・ショウ
Kun
かね

Read かね for the hand gong struck in Buddhist rites and festival music; the on-reading ショウ appears in 鉦鼓 (しょうこ).

Key words

鉦かねgong
鉦鼓しょうこsmall gong (gagaku)
陣鉦じんがねbattle gong

Example sentences

On an Obon night, a monk walked slowly past, striking a gong.

In the gagaku performance, the clear tone of the small gong rang out.

The battle gong announcing the start of the fight rang out over the morning field.

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