Chinese symbol for “center”
中心
zhōng xīn
center; heart; core
The closest CC-CEDICT match for center is 中心 (zhōng xīn), defined as: center; heart; core.
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Characters and stroke order
中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
Other Chinese words for “center”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中枢 (中樞) | zhōng shū | center; hub; the central administration |
| 央 | yāng | center; end |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in; middle; center |
| 中心点 (中心點) | zhōng xīn diǎn | center; central point |
| 心 | xīn | heart; mind |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 中心.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in |
| 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 |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
| 关心 (關心) | guān xīn | to be concerned about; to care about |
| 核心 | hé xīn | core; nucleus |
See also: Japanese symbol for “center”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.