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

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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