Zi:中

中 [zhōng] 中​央 center/middle; ​其中 in/among; 中​国 Zhōngguó China; ​集中 concentrate; 中​午 noon [zhòng] ​打中 hit (a target); 中​弹 be shot; 中​毒 be poisoned; (HDZ:) …

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹zhōng* ​中 {A} b.f./suf. ①center; middle; interior ►¹zhōngxīn 中心 ②China ►Zhōngguó 中国 ③middle; mid ►zhōngyāng 中央 ④medium; intermediate ►zhōngděng 中等 ⑤mean; halfway between two extremes ►¹zhōngjiān 中间 ⑥neutral ►¹zhōnglì 中立 ⑦〈environment:〉 lg. neutral ►zhōngxìng 中性 ⑧fit for; good for ►zhōngyòng 中用 ◆s.v. 〈environment:〉 topo. all right; OK. ‖ Zhèyàng ∼ bu ∼? 这样∼不∼? Is this OK?
►³zhòng ​中 {C} v. ①hit (a target); attain ②be hit by ③fall into ④pass an exam ◆suf. accurately; on the dot ‖ Nǐ cāi∼ le. 你猜∼了。 You guessed right.

The Shuōwén Seal form of 中 zhōng ‘center/middle’ combines ​囗 wéi ‘enclosing wall (of a fort/city)’, with a ​丨 gǔn ‘vertical line/pole’ through the middle; formerly wr. ​𠁧, with a curved central line instead of the straight line; some SW editions include old (​籀​文) forms like ​𠁩/​𠁦.
    Note: SW classifies 中/​𠁧 under radical ​丨, along with only one other character, ​𣃘 chǎn/chuáng ‘flagpole’; cf. ​㫃.
    Compare: 中 zhōng ‘center/middle’; 中 zhòng ‘proper/fit/right; suffer; interval; hit (a target)’; ​仲 zhòng ‘middle/second’ (of 3 siblings/brothers/months/etc.).
    Note: 中 zhōng (n.) ‘center/middle’ (中​央); 中 zhòng (v.) ‘hit (the center/mark, of a target)’ (​打中).
    Compare: ​国(​國) guó ‘city-state; country’, also with ​囗 wéi ‘enclosing wall (of a fort/city)’.
    Compare: ​𠁧 zhōng/zhòng, ​屯 zhūn/tún ‘garrison’ (䷂).
    Older graphs also like ​𠁩 suggest a flagpole (or flagpoles) with flags/streamers above and below (in the middle of the ​囗/​邑 ‘fort/city’).
    Note: The name 中​国 Zhōngguó ‘China’ is sometimes translated literally as “Middle Kingdom”.
    HDZ: 中 : zhōng : ​内, ​里​面; ​方​位​在中​央; 中​等; ​半; ​正, ​不​偏​不​倚; ​媒​介, 中​介; ​内​心; ​内​脏; ​身; (​副​词) ​宜​于, ​适​于; (​方​言) ​成, ​行, ​好; (​古) ​户​役​年​龄; (​古) (​投​壶) ​盛​筹​码​的​器​皿; (​简​称) 中​国 (​古​今中​外, ​洋​为中​用, 中​日​建​交); ​忠; (​姓) • zhòng : ​得​当, ​恰​当; ​正​对​上, ​恰​好​合​上; ​遭​受; ​陷​害, 中​伤; ​间​隔; ​满, ​充​满; ​科​举​及​第; ​仲
►references: Guǎngyùn:024.22,344.04; Henshall:55; Karlgren:AD1269,GSR1007a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.28.10; Lindqvist:324; Mathews:1504; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:79.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:007.0.08; Wáng(1993):194; EDOC:1
►components: ​口​丨​
►Cantonese: jung\ jung-
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