The Chinese Radical: 中




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Meaning
middle    中

Explanation

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

The line 丨 in the center of the square 口 shows the middle.  
HSK 1
bell, clock, time at clock, handleless cup
zhōng
Left: metal 钅(=金 Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: center/middle 中 (here: Top view of a bell 口 mounted on an axle丨)
Made of metal and mounted on an axle is: the bell 口.  
HSK 3
to cultivate, seed, breed, species, to grow, race
zhǒng, zhòng
Left: rice plant 禾 and: 'middle/center' 中
The rice plant comes from the center (land of the middle = China), where it was cultivated.  
HSK 5
to rush, clash, rinse, go straight ahead
chōng, chòng
冲 was traditionally: 沖 with water 氵that was poured into a middle 中
Put ice (traditionally: water) into the middle for rinsing or to rush forward.  
HSK 5
worm or insect
chóng
Developed from the image of an insect with sting (cf. scorpion 禺)
The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.  
HSK 6
to dispatch, send
qiǎn
Left: movement 辶, right from top: center 中, one 一, buttocks
Move one buttock from the center, I want to dispatch him.  
HSK 6
to swell, swelling, tumor
zhǒng
Left: body part 月/肉, right: center 中
At a body part it forms a 'middle': A swelling.  
HSK 6
loyal, devoted, honest
zhōng
Top: center 中, below: heart 心
In the middle of the heart is the loyalty.  
HSK 6
inner feelings
zhōng
Center: middle 中, rest: clothes 衣
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.  
no HSK
second amongst brothers, intermediate
zhòng
Left: person 人, right: middle/center 中
The person in the middle is (by age) the second (of the brothers).  
no HSK
grieved, distressed, sad, uneasy
chōng
Left: feelings 忄, right: center 中
The feeling out of your center is: grieve.  
no HSK
handleless cup, goblet
zhōng
Top: middle, center 中 (here: rotational symmetrical around an axis丨), below: bowl 皿
A rotational symmetrical cup with no handle.  

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