Keyword
middle
- middle brother
- go between
- mediator
- surname
- Frequency
- #2616
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
zhòng
Mnemonic
The middle 中 person 亻; 中 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
仲裁
arbitration
仲
second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers
仲介
(Tw) middleman; agent; broker
仲夏
midsummer; second month of summer
董仲舒
Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
范仲淹
Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼记 (YuèyángLóuJì)
管仲
Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齐国 of Spring and Autumn period; known as Guangzi 管子
大仲马
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer
杜仲
eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)
仲秋
second month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar
昆仲
(literary) brothers; elder and younger brother
仲尼
courtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子 (Kǒngfūzǐ)
仲巴县
Zhongba, a county in Shigatse City 日喀则市 (RìkāzéShì), Tibet
房仲
real estate agent (Tw)
仲父
father's younger brother; (sometimes used to refer to Confucius)
不分伯仲
lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent; nothing to choose between them
伯仲之间
almost on a par
许仲琳
Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陈仲琳 (ChénZhònglín) (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演义 (FēngshénYǎnyì) is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陆西星 (LùXīxīng)
晏平仲
another name for Yan Ying 晏婴 (YànYīng) or Yanzi 晏子 (Yànzǐ) (-500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齐国 (Qíguó)