中
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[edit] Etymology
The shell and bone version of 中 was of a flagpole with the pole piercing the middle of a frame (compare the etymology of 吏.
[edit] Han character
中 (radical 2 丨+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 中 (L), four-corner 50006)
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 79, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 73
- Dae Jaweon: page 158, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 28, character 10
- Unihan data for U+4E2D
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
中 (Yale jung1, jung3)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Noun
- 内 is the most common kanji for this pronunciation.
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- during, in the course of, throughout
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- being in the process of doing
[edit] Kanji
中 (grade 1 kanji)
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[edit] Hanja
中
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 중 (revised: jung, McCune-Reischauer: chung, Yale: cwung)
- Name (hangeul): 가운데 (revised: gaunde, McCune-Reischauer: kaunde, Yale: kawuntey)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Noun
中 (jung, hangeul 중)
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中 (hangeul 중, jung, McCune-Reischauer chung, Yale cwung)
[edit] Mandarin
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中 (pinyin zhōng (zhong1), zhòng (zhong4), Wade-Giles chung1, chung4)
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中 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhōng)
- In the middle.
[edit] Verb
中 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhòng)
- To accomplish.
[edit] Compounds
- zhōng
- zhòng
[edit] Vietnamese
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