鈴 means “bell”

すず · suzu

Also: small bell, buzzer

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

すず

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

レイ, リン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

Metal (金) that gives an order (令): a little bell's bright call. 鈴 is the bell at a shrine, shaken by its thick rope before you pray, a 風鈴 is the glass wind chime of a Japanese summer, and a 呼び鈴 is a doorbell.

Used in 鈴 (suzu, bell), 風鈴 (fuurin, wind chime), and 呼び鈴 (yobirin, doorbell)

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