中 — Chinese character
中
zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
- Pinyin
- zhōng
- Radical
- 2 ⼁ (Line)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 口 丨
- Formation
- ideographic — A line 丨 through the center of a box 口
- Japanese
- 中 as a kanji
Common words with 中
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 中央 | zhōng yāng | central; middle |
| 中学 (中學) | zhōng xué | middle school |
| 之中 | zhī zhōng | inside; among |
| 集中 | jí zhōng | to concentrate; to centralize |
| 当中 (當中) | dāng zhōng | among; in the middle |
| 中间 (中間) | zhōng jiān | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué)) |
| 高中 | gāo zhòng | to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion) |
| 心中 | xīn zhōng | central point; in one's thoughts |
| 空中 | kōng zhōng | in the sky; in the air |
English words written with 中
中 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 7 · Analects 26 · Art of War 3 · I Ching 13 · Mencius 62 · Zhuangzi 121 · Great Learning 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 22
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 21
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
- Analects 2.18
- Analects 5.1
- Analects 6.10
- Analects 6.19
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