Chinese symbol for “within”
中
zhōng
within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
The closest CC-CEDICT match for within is 中 (zhōng), defined as: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right.
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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 “within”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以内 (以內) | yǐ nèi | within; less than |
| 内 (內) | nèi | inside; inner |
| 之内 (之內) | zhī nèi | inside; within |
| 中间 (中間) | zhōng jiān | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “within”.
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.