See also: 𝌆, Φ, and Ф
U+4E2D, 中
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2D

[U+4E2C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E2E]

Translingual

Stroke order
Stroke order

Han character

(radical 2, +3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 中 (L), four-corner 50006, composition)

Derived characters

References

Wikidata

  • 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
variant forms 𠁦
𠁧
𠁩
𠔈
𠔗

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Libian (compiled in Qing)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Qin slip script Shizhoupian script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Clerical script




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 () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tuŋ, *tuŋs
*tuŋ
*tuŋ, *tuŋs
*tʰuŋ
*tʰuŋ
*tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ
*duŋ
*duŋ
*duŋ
*duŋs

Pictogram (象形) – a flagpole. Based on archaeological evidence, the middle box has been interpreted as a drum (建鼓). This flagpole with a drum was placed in the center of a field to gather people and to detect the direction of the wind. In addition, the pronunciation of (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs) is reminiscent of the beating of a drum.

Shuowen interprets the character as a vertical stroke passing through the center of , indicating the center.

It has also been interpreted as an arrow in the center of a target.

Etymology

“Middle; centre” (Pronunciation 1) > “to hit the centre; to attain” (Pronunciation 2).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t/duŋ. Cognate with Tibetan གཞུང (gzhung, middle, center).

Related to:

  • (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle; inner garment; inner feelings”);
  • (OC *duŋs, “second (of the brothers or months)”).

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • chûng, zung1 - literary;
  • tûng, dung4 - vernacular.
Note:
  • dé̤ng - literary;
  • dô̤ng - vernacular.
  • Min Dong
    • (Fuzhou)
      • Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng / dŏng
      • IPA (key): /tyŋ⁵⁵/, /touŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
  • dṳ̆ng - literary;
  • dŏng - vernacular.
Note:
  • Quanzhou:
    • tiong - literary;
    • tng - vernacular (limited, e.g. 中秋);
    • teng - vernacular (in place names, e.g. 田中, 湖中);
    • thang - vernacular (limited).
Note:
  • dang1 - vernacular;
  • dong1 - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡suŋ²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂuŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂuŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /p͡fəŋ²¹/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂuə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /p͡fə̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂuŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂoŋ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂoŋ³¹/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡suəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡suŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sũŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡soŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡soŋ³³/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕoŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡san¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂoŋ³³/
Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂən³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡suŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /tuŋ⁴⁴/ ~心
/t͡suŋ⁴⁴/ ~間
Taoyuan /tuŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡soŋ⁵³/
Nanning /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tiɔŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tyŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /tœyŋ⁵⁴/
/tœyŋ³³/ ~奬
Shantou (Min Nan) /toŋ³³/
/taŋ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /toŋ²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (9)
Final () (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈuwŋ/
Li
Rong
/ȶiuŋ/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhōng
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ trjuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*truŋ/
English center

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
Reading # 1/2
No. 17407
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuŋ/

Definitions

  1. middle; center
  2. medium; intermediary
  3. within; among; in
  4. while; in the process of; during; in the middle of
  5. (dialectal) all right; OK
  6. Short for 中國中国 (Zhōngguó, “China; Chinese”).
    • 關係 / 关系   Zhōng Měi guānxì   China–United States relation
  7. Short for 中學中学 (zhōngxué, “middle school”). Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
       Sān Zhōng   No.3 Middle School
  8. 1st tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "the center" (𝌆)
  9. A surname. Zhong

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Note:
  • tiòng - literary;
  • tèng - vernacular;
  • thàng - vernacular (limited).
Note:
  • dong3 - literary;
  • dêng3 - vernacular.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: zhong4
      • IPA (key) (old-style): /t͡ʂʊŋ⁴⁵/
      • IPA (key) (new-style): /t͡sən⁴⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (9)
Final () (2)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈɨuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈiuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈuwŋH/
Li
Rong
/ȶiuŋH/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭuŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯uŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhòng
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhòng
Middle
Chinese
‹ trjuwngH ›
Old
Chinese
/*truŋ-s/
English hit the center

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
Reading # 2/2
No. 17410
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuŋs/

Definitions

  1. to hit the mark; to be correct; to be successful
  2. to be hit by; to suffer; to be affected by
  3. to win (a prize, a lottery)
    • 樂透 / 乐透   zhòng lètòu   win a lottery

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
なか
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana なか, rōmaji naka)

  1. inside
  2. middle
Derived terms

Proper noun

(hiragana なか, rōmaji Naka)

  1. A surname.

See also

  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/中央

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC ʈɨuŋ).

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana ちゅう, rōmaji chū)

  1. middle, medium
     (だい) (ちゅう) (しょう)
    dai chū shō
    large, medium and small
  2. average; neither good nor poor
     (ちゅう) () () ()
    chū no dekibae
    an average performance
  3. during; being in the process of doing
  4. second volume of a three volume set

Proper noun

(hiragana ちゅう, rōmaji Chū)

  1. short form for China or Chinese; Sino- (prefix)
     (にっ) (ちゅう) (かん) (けい)
    Nitchū kankei
    Sino-Japanese relations

Suffix

(hiragana ちゅう, rōmaji -chū)

  1. being in the process of doing
    ダウンロード (ちゅう)
    daunrōdo-chū
    downloading; download in progress
    メンテ (ちゅう)
    mente-chū
    currently in maintenance
    インストール (ちゅう)
    insutōru-chū
    installing
     (じゅん) () (ちゅう)
    junbichū
    currently in preparation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
じゅう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Suffix

(hiragana じゅう, rōmaji -jū, historical hiragana ぢゅう)

  1. during, in the course of, throughout
     () (かい) (じゅう)
    sekai
    throughout the world
     (からだ) (じゅう)
    karada
    throughout the body
  2. all over, everywhere

Usage notes

The distinction between じゅう () and ちゅう (chū) can be somewhat confusing: じゅう () means throughout, in all places, as in 一日中 (ichinichijū, all day long) or 体中 (karadajū, throughout the body), while ちゅう (chū) means within, but not everywhere, as in 授業中 (jugyōchū, in class, during class). Contrast “I worked on this all day long” with “I worked on this in class (but not necessarily for the entire time)”.

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
うち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana うち, rōmaji uchi)

  1. inside

Usage notes

is the most common kanji for this pronunciation.

Etymology 5

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

(hiragana あたり, rōmaji Atari)

  1. A surname.

(hiragana あたる, rōmaji Ataru)

  1. A female given name

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
ちゅん
Grade: 1
Irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

(katakana チュン, rōmaji chun)

  1. (mahjong) red dragon (tile)

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 가운데 (gaunde jung))

  1. Hanja form? of (middle; center; amongst).

Compounds


Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: trung ((trắc)(cung)(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5], trúng[1][2][3][4][5]
: Nôm readings: trúng[1][2][3][4][6], trong[1][2][3][7], trung[1][2][4][6], truồng[3][4][5][6], đúng[3], truông[7]

  1. Hán tự form of trung (middle).
  2. Hán tự form of trúng (to hit).
  3. Nôm form of trong (in; inside; within).

Compounds

References

  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Bonet (1899).
  5. Génibrel (1898).
  6. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  7. Hồ (1976).
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