衷 — Chinese character
衷
zhōng
sincere, heartfelt
- Pinyin
- zhōng
- Radical
- 145 ⾐ (Clothes)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 衣 中
- Formation
- ideographic — A person in a robe 衣 with his heart 中 marked; 中 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 衷 as a kanji
Common words with 衷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热衷 (熱衷) | rè zhōng | to feel strongly about; to be fond of |
| 初衷 | chū zhōng | original intention |
| 衷心 | zhōng xīn | heartfelt; wholehearted |
| 无动于衷 (無動於衷) | wú dòng yú zhōng | aloof; indifferent |
| 由衷 | yóu zhōng | heartfelt; sincere |
| 折衷 | zhé zhōng | variant of 折中 (zhé zhōng) |
| 苦衷 | kǔ zhōng | secret trouble; sorrow |
| 言不由衷 | yán bù yóu zhōng | to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek; saying one thing but meaning sth different |
| 莫衷一是 | mò zhōng yī shì | unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice; no unanimous decision |
| 折衷主义 (折衷主義) | zhé zhōng zhǔ yì | eclecticism |
| 隐衷 (隱衷) | yǐn zhōng | a secret; sth best not told to anyone |
| 丹衷 | dān zhōng | real sincerity |
English words written with 衷
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.