The Chinese Radical: 中


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Meaning
middle    中

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
middle, center, among, China
zhōng, zhòng

The line in the center of the square shows the middle.
JLPT HSK 1
bell, clock, time at clock, handleless cup
zhōng
Left: metal 钅(= Covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: center/middle (here: Top view of a bell mounted on an axle)
Made of metal and mounted on an axle is: the bell .
JLPT HSK 3
to cultivate, seed, breed, species, to grow, race
zhǒng, zhòng
Left: rice plant and: 'middle/center'
The rice plant comes from the center (land of the middle = China), where it was cultivated.
JLPT HSK 5
to rush, clash, rinse, go straight ahead
chōng, chòng
冲 was traditionally: 沖 with water that was poured into a middle
Put ice (traditionally: water) into the middle for rinsing or to rush forward.
JLPT HSK 5
worm or insect
chóng
Developed from the image of an insect with sting (cf. scorpion )
The body and the sting ム of an insect.
JLPT HSK 6
to dispatch, send
qiǎn
Left: movement , right from top: center , one , buttocks
Move one buttock from the center, I want to dispatch him.
JLPT HSK 6
to swell, swelling, tumor
zhǒng
Left: body part /, right: center
At a body part it forms a 'middle': A swelling.
JLPT HSK 6
loyal, devoted, honest
zhōng
Top: center , below: heart
In the middle of the heart is the loyality.
JLPT HSK 6
inner feelings
zhōng
Center: middle , rest: clothes
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.
JLPT no HSK
second amongst brothers, intermediate
zhòng
Left: person , right: middle/center
The person in the middle is (by age) the second (of the brothers).
JLPT no HSK
grieved, distressed, sad, uneasy
chōng
Left: feelings , right: center
The feeling out of your center is: grieve.
JLPT no HSK
handleless cup, goblet
zhōng
Top: middle, center (here: rotationally symmetrical around an axis), below: bowl
A rotationally symmetrical cup with no handle.

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