• 14th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.57% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 825 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōng (Zhong1)China • Chinese • surname Zhong
2. zhōng (zhong1)within • among • in • middle • center • while (doing sth) • during
3. zhòng (zhong4)to hit (the mark) • to be hit by • to suffer • to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

中午 
中国 (中國)
中国人 (中國人)
中央 
中心 
中意 
中文 
中奖 (中獎)
中华 (中華)
中间 (中間)
之中 
其中 
高中 

Uncommon

中介 
中伤 (中傷)
中共 
中南海 
中原 
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中学 (中學)
中学生 (中學生)
中层 (中層)
中山 
中年 
中庸 
中式 
中性 
中指 
中新网 (中新網)
中断 (中斷)
中方 
中旬 
中暑 
中期 
中东 (中東)
中枢 (中樞)
中毒 
中环 (中環)
中产 (中產)
中石化 
中秋 
中秋节 (中秋節)
中立 
中等 
中级 (中級)
中老年 
中肯 
中兴 (中興)
中药 (中藥)
中行 
中西 
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中游 (中遊)
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中锋 (中鋒)
中关村 (中關村)
中风 (中風)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
个中 (個中)
初中 
台中 
命中 
命中率 
国中 (國中)
地中海 
梦中 (夢中)
孙中山 (孫中山)
家中 
市中心 
年中 
从中 (從中)
心中 
意中人 
击中 (擊中)
暗中 
无中生有 (無中生有)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
目中无人 (目中無人)
看中 
空中 
美中不足 
途中 
适中 (適中)
选中 (選中)
集中 
集中营 (集中營)
高中生 

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  • 2583rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diàn (Dian4)surname Dian
2. diàn (dian4)suburbs or outskirts • one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China • official in charge of fields (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for diàn (dian4)The component is pronounced as 'tián' (tian2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

沉甸甸 
缅甸 (緬甸)

Uncommon

中甸 
伊甸园 (伊甸園)
宽甸 (寬甸)
蔡甸 
蔡甸区 (蔡甸區)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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