仲

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

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

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
仲-oracle.svg 仲-bronze.svg 仲-seal.svg 仲-bigseal.svg
Oracle bone script
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Bronze inscriptions
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Small seal script
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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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[edit]

simp. and trad.
 仲

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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
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[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

simp. and trad.
 仲
alternative forms 重

From 重.

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

仲

  1. (Cantonese) still (referring to time)
    仲未得住。 [Cantonese]  ―  zung6 mei6 dak1 zyu6. [Jyutping]  ―  It's still not OK.
    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[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 還 (“still; yet”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
Guangzhou (Panyu) 重
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 重
Guangzhou (Conghua) 重
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 重
Foshan 重
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 重
Foshan (Shunde) 重
Foshan (Sanshui) 重
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 重
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 還
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 重
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 重
Zhuhai (Doumen) 還
Jiangmen (Baisha) 還
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 還
Taishan 還
Kaiping (Chikan) 還
Enping (Niujiang) 還
Heshan (Yayao) 重
Dongguan 重
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 重
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 重, 還
Qingyuan 重
Fogang 重
Yingde (Hanguang) 閒
Yangshan 重
Lianshan (Butian) 成
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 重
Shaoguan 重
Shaoguan (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
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 還
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 還
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 還
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 還
Yunlin (Lunbei; 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
Loudi 還
Shuangfeng 還
Quanzhou 還

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

仲

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
仲
なか
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 仲 – see the following entry.
【なか】
[noun] 仲: relationship, terms
[proper noun] 仲: a surname
(This term, 仲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

仲 (eum 중 (jung))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

仲: Hán Nôm readings: trọng

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References[edit]

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