きん

磬

inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)

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Noun

inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)

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Kanji Breakdown

Related Kanji

upside-V-shaped gong

ケイ / —

Other Readings

This kanji can also be read as:

けいsounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples