U+4EF2, 仲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF2

[U+4EF1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4EF3]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 9, +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人中 (OL) or 難人中 (XOL), four-corner 25206, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       



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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *duŋs) : semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, middle).

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (11)
Final () (2)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter drjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖuwŋH/
Li
Rong
/ȡiuŋH/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭuŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯uŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 17419
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*duŋs/

Definitions

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  1. second, especially when referring to seniority of siblings. See usage notes of .
      ―  zhòng  ―  superior and inferior, competition, comparison
  2. middle
      ―  zhòngxià  ―  midsummer
      ―  zhòngcái  ―  arbitration
  3. a surname

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Probably from .

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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(Cantonese)

  1. still (referring to time)
    [Cantonese]  ―  zung6 mei6 dak1 zyu6. [Jyutping]  ―  It's still not OK.
    而家 [Cantonese, trad.]
    而家 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 ji4 gaa1 dou1 zung6 sik6 gan2 faan6. [Jyutping]
    He is still eating, even now.
  2. even more
    我哋 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我哋 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 dei6 gaan1 uk1 zung6 daai6. [Jyutping]
    Our house is even bigger.
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    ji1 tiu4 fu3 zung6 gwai3. [Jyutping]
    This pair of pants is even more expensive.
  3. also; as well
    我哋尋日夜晚黑維多利亞港 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我哋寻日夜晚黑维多利亚港 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 dei6 cam4 jat6 je6 maan5 haak1 zung6 heoi3 maai4 wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 gong2 tim1! [Jyutping]
    We went to Victoria Harbor last night as well!
Synonyms
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Compounds

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References

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  • 饒秉才, 歐陽覺亞, 周無忌 (2010) 廣州話方言詞典(修訂版) (in Chinese), 香港: 商務印書館, →ISBN
  • ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 311.

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology

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

Korean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

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(eum (jung))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: trọng

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References

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  NODES
Note 3