Kiokun Logo
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

middle

HSK 1 N4
zhōng, zhòng
チュウ
なか、うち、あた.る
Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of the wind
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[Zhōng]
China; Chinese; surname Zhong
[zhōng]
within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
[zhòng]
to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery)
Japanese
うち 同音

noun

  1. inside; within
  2. usually kana while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of
  3. usually kana among; amongst; (out) of; between (as 〜のうち)
  4. usually kana in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success) (also 裡, 裏; as 〜のうちに after a noun representing a state or condition)
  5. within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts
  6. usually kana we; our company; our organization
  7. usually kana one's home; one's family (also 家)
  8. my spouse; my husband; my wife
  9. signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife (in a letter after the husband's name)
  10. archaic imperial palace grounds
  11. archaic emperor

pronoun

  1. usually kana ksb I; me (primarily used by women and children)
なか 同音

noun

  1. inside; interior
  2. among; within
  3. middle; center; centre
  4. during; while; middle; midst; amid
  5. interval; gap
  6. mean; average
  7. medium grade; medium quality
  8. archaic red-light district

adj-no

  1. second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle
ちゅう 同音

noun

  1. medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle
  2. middle way; moderation
  3. second volume (of three)
  4. abbrev. junior high school; middle school
  5. abbrev. China

suffix

  1. in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among
  2. during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout
  3. currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation)
じゅう ぢゅう 同音

suffix

  1. (all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); all ... long
  2. within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); by the end of (as 〜に)
  3. all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
  4. all (of a group); the whole (family, school, etc.)
チュン 同音

noun

  1. mahjong abbrev. red dragon tile
  2. mahjong winning hand with a pung (or kong) of red dragon tiles
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
あたり
Atari female given namesurname
あたる
Ataru female given namesurname
あつ
Atsu surname
あつる
Atsuru surname
かなえ
Kanae female given name
かなめ
Kaname surname
さきなか
Sakinaka surname
すなお
Sunao given name
ただし
Tadashi given name
ちゅう
Chuu surnamegiven name
とうる
Touru surname
とおる
Tooru given name
なか
Naka place namesurnamefemale given name
なかさき
Nakasaki surname
なかざき
Nakazaki surname
なかしお
Nakashio unclassified name
なかずみ
Nakazumi unclassified name
なかつる
Nakatsuru surname
なかはま
Nakahama surname
なかば
Nakaba surnamegiven name
なかみね
Nakamine unclassified name
ひとし
Hitoshi surnamemale given name
みつる
Mitsuru surnamegiven name