仲

仲 U+4EF2, 仲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF2 ← 仱 [U+4EF1] CJK Unified Ideographs 仳 → [U+4EF3]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仲 (radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人中 (OL) or X人中 (XOL), four-corner 2520₆, composition ⿰亻中)

References

• KangXi: page 94, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 403
• Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 121, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4EF2

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仲
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j18803 j18804 j18805 j18806 j18807 j18808 j18809 j18810 j18811 j18812 j18813 j18814 j18815 j18816 j18817 j18818 j18819 j18820 j18821 j18822 j18823 j18824 j18825 j18826 j18827 j18828 j18829 j18830 j18831 j18832 j18833 j18834 j18835 j18836 j18837 j18838 j18839 j18840 j18841 j18842 j18843 Bronze inscriptions b12253 Small seal script s05674 Transcribed ancient scripts L35564 L35565 L35566 L35567 L35568 L35569 L18953 L18954 L18955 L18956 L18957 L18952
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (中) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
中	*tuŋ, *tuŋs
忠	*tuŋ
衷	*tuŋ, *tuŋs
忡	*tʰuŋ
浺	*tʰuŋ
盅	*tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ
种	*duŋ
沖	*duŋ
翀	*duŋ
仲	*duŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *duŋs): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		仲

Derived from 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòng (zhong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): cung
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chung4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶
    • Yale: juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cung
    • Hakka Romanization System: cung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /cuŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖɨuŋ^H/

Rime
Character	仲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直衆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋH/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-truŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*duŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòng
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwngH ›
Old Chinese	/*N-truŋ-s/
English	middle (of brothers)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仲
Reading #	1/1
No.	17419
Phonetic component	中
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	仲
Old Chinese	/*duŋs/

Definitions

仲

1. ^† second, especially when referring to seniority of siblings. See usage notes of 伯.

   伯仲  ―  bózhòng  ―  superior and inferior, competition, comparison

2. ^† middle

   仲夏  ―  zhòngxià  ―  midsummer

   仲裁  ―  zhòngcái  ―  arbitration

3. A surname​.

Compounds

• 二仲
• 仲介 (zhòngjiè)
• 仲介公司
• 仲冬
• 仲夏 (zhòngxià)
• 仲子
• 仲家 (Zhòngjiā)
• 仲尼 (Zhòngní)
• 仲弓

• 仲春
• 仲父
• 仲秋
• 仲裁 (zhòngcái)
• 伯仲 (bózhòng)
• 伯仲之間／伯仲之间
• 伯仲叔季 (bózhòngshūjì)
• 伯壎仲篪

• 商務仲裁／商务仲裁
• 國際仲裁／国际仲裁
• 將仲子／将仲子
• 昆仲 (kūnzhòng)
• 焦仲卿妻
• 管仲隨馬／管仲随马
• 翁仲
• 賢昆仲／贤昆仲

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		仲
alternative forms		重

From 重.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶
    • Yale: juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²²/

Definitions

仲

1. (Cantonese) still (referring to time)

   佢而家都仲食緊飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢而家都仲食紧饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ dou¹ zung⁶ sik⁶ gan² faan⁶. [Jyutping]

   He is still eating, even now.

2. (Cantonese) even more

   我哋間屋仲大。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我哋间屋仲大。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ dei⁶ gaan¹ uk¹ zung⁶ daai⁶. [Jyutping]

   Our house is even bigger.

   依條褲仲貴。 / 依条裤仲贵。 [Cantonese]  ―  ji¹ tiu⁴ fu³ zung⁶ gwai³. [Jyutping]  ―  This pair of pants is even more expensive.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 還 (“still; yet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		猶, 尚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		還, 仍, 尚
Mandarin	Beijing	還
	Taiwan	還
	Jinan	還
	Wanrong	還
	Xi'an	還
	Lanzhou	還
	Wuhan	還
	Chengdu	還
	Guilin	還
	Liuzhou	還
	Yangzhou	還
	Nanjing	還
	Hefei	還
	Nantong	還
	Malaysia	還
	Singapore	還
Cantonese	Guangzhou	重
	Hong Kong	重
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	重
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	重
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	重
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	還
	Macau	重
	Panyu	重
	Huadu (Huashan)	重
	Conghua	重
	Zengcheng	重
	Foshan	重
	Nanhai (Shatou)	重
	Shunde	重
	Sanshui	重
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	重
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	還
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	重
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	重
	Doumen	還
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	還
	Xinhui	還
	Taishan	還
	Kaiping (Chikan)	還
	Enping (Niujiang)	還
	Heshan (Yayao)	重
	Dongguan	重
	Bao'an (Shajing)	重
	Dapeng	重, 還
	Qingyuan	重
	Fogang	重
	Yingde (Hanguang)	閒
	Yangshan	重
	Lianshan (Butian)	成
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	重
	Shaoguan	重
	Qujiang	重
	Renhua	重
	Lechang	重
	Sihui	重
	Deqing	淨, 重
	Huaiji	重
	Yunfu	鄭
	Xinxing	重
	Luoding	重
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鄭
	Yangjiang	還
	Xinyi	重
	Nanning	重
	Wuzhou	重
	Yulin	重
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	重
	Mengshan (Xihe)	重
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	重
	Bobai	重
	Qinzhou	重
	Beihai	重
	Ningming	重
	Hengxian	淨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	重
	Singapore (Guangfu)	重
Gan	Nanchang	還
	Pingxiang	還
Hakka	Meixian	還
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	還
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	還
	Dongshi (Dabu)	還
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	還
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	猶
	Hong Kong	還
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	還
	Kuching (Hepo)	還
Huizhou	Jixi	還
Jin	Taiyuan	還
Min Bei	Jian'ou	固, 唵
Min Dong	Fuzhou	固
	Matsu	固
Min Nan	Xiamen	猶, 猶閣
	Quanzhou	猶, 猶閣
	Zhangzhou	猶, 猶閣
	Zhao'an	還
	Tainan	猶, 猶閣
	Penang (Hokkien)	閣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	猶, 猶閣, 閣
	Manila (Hokkien)	猶, 猶閣
	Chaozhou	還
	Shantou	還
	Jieyang	還
	Haifeng	還
	Singapore (Teochew)	還
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	重
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	還
Wu	Shanghai	還, 外加
	Suzhou	還
	Danyang	還
	Wenzhou	還
	Jinhua	還
Xiang	Changsha	還
	Shuangfeng	還
	Loudi	還
	Quanzhou	還

Compounds

• 仲要

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Japanese

Kanji

仲

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)^{←ぢゆう (dyū, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちゆう (tyū, historical)}
• Kun: なか (naka, 仲, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 仲人
• 仲介
• 仲仕
• 仲保
• 仲値
• 仲兄
• 仲冬
• 仲夏
• 仲居
• 仲断
• 仲春
• 仲核
• 仲秋
• 仲立人
• 仲継
• 仲裁
• 仲見世, 仲店
• 仲買
• 仲間

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
仲
なか Grade: 4
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 仲 – see the following entry.

【なか】 [noun] relationship, terms

(This term, 仲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

仲 (eum 중 (jung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仲: Hán Nôm readings: trọng

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References

• Nom Foundation