also: ときがね
time bell
A bell used to signal the time, such as a clock tower bell or a bell rung at specific hours.
The temple's time bell announced noon.
chime of a time bell
Only with reading ときがね
Refers specifically to the sound or chime produced by a time bell. Restricted to the reading ときがね.
The chime of a time bell could be heard from afar.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading じしょう.
Rare reading for the same kanji, restricted to the chime sense.
Compound of 時 (time) and 鐘 (bell). The reading じしょう is on'yomi; ときがね is a kun'yomi compound reading.