chime

On-Yomi: リン

Koohii stories:

1) [Katsuo] 2-7-2007(24): The mechanism in my old grandfather clock suddenly broke with an almighty chime and one of the jewels was thrown out through the window into a nearby grove of trees. I'm now searching for the jewel in the grove while the clock continues to chime incessantly.

2) [mantixen] 27-7-2009(15): The king knew playtime in the grove was over when he heard the clock tower chime.

3) [cameron_en] 21-11-2008(7): When the king got lost in the grove, he could easily find his way back to the castle by following the sounds of the chime.

4) [chibimizuno] 5-8-2009(3): The chime refers to the tinkling of jewels. Story: the king got lost in the grove, but we were able to find him by following the chimes from his copious amounts of jewelry tinkling together.

5) [kapalama] 24-11-2010(2): 琳瑯たる (tinkling sound of jade) chime (#2554 琳) リン … Parts: 王 , 林 (cf 淋しい solitude (#2310 淋)) … Similars: 琳 chime (#2554 琳), 玲 tinkling (#2568 玲) … Story: It's hard not to think of a wind chime, but this about carved wooden jewels of the wind chime itself, and not the wind. Of course there need to be two wooden jewels in order to bang together to make the Chime.