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All around the world, 锺 (锺 , Zhōng) is a rare epicene given name. The first name 锺 is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. More prevalently, 锺 is the last name as well as the forename.
锺 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Li Zhong , the Water Margin character; Jiang Zhong , the Water Margin character; Bao Zhong , the fictional human in "The Romance of Three Kingdoms", Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Jing Zhong , the Jin Ping Mei character.