noun
gong; handbell
Refers to a small metal percussion instrument, often a handbell or gong used in religious ceremonies, signaling, or traditional music.
お寺で鉦を鳴らして合図を送る。
They signal by striking a gong at the temple.
祭りで小さな鉦を叩きながら練り歩く。
They parade around hitting small handbells at the festival.
The kanji 鉦 is a phono-semantic compound with 金 (metal) and 正 (phonetic component), indicating a metal percussion instrument. The reading かね is the native Japanese word for metal or bell, while しょう is the Sino-Japanese reading.