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忠

zhōng

loyalty

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound.

Components
心 meaning component

心  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

中 sound component

中  Sound component

zhōng, zhòng

  

central

Evolution

忠 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
忠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
忠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
忠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

忠  

zhōng

loyalty, devotion, fidelity; loyal; devoted; honest

Most common words with 忠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

忠诚

devoted

忠

loyal

忠实

faithful

忠于

to be loyal to

忠告

advice

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*truŋ

trjuwng

zhōng

loyal


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 21.9606% of movies

1396th most common character in movies

1322nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5FE0

Shuowen

“忠，敬也。从心，中聲。”


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