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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
丨
Mandarin
zhong1, zhong4
English
Definitions
hit (target); hit (the mark); middle; China; Chinese; among; center; in; during; while (doing sth); within; attain; central; in the midst of; inside; medium
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: a target mounted centered on a pole 丨; archaic versions showed streamers flowing above and below