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中
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| middle, center, among, China
zhōng, zhòng
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丨
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The line 丨 in the center of the square 口 shows the middle.
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钟
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| bell, clock, time at clock, handleless cup
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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.
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种
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to cultivate, seed, breed, species, to grow, race
zhǒng, zhòng
禾
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Left: rice plant 禾 and: 'middle/center' 中
The rice plant comes from the center (land of the middle = China), where it was cultivated.
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冲
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to rush, clash, rinse, go straight ahead
chōng, chòng
冫
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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.
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虫
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| worm or insect
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Developed from the image of an insect with sting (cf. scorpion 禺)
The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.
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遣
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to dispatch, send
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Left: movement 辶, right from top: center 中, one 一, buttocks 
Move one buttock from the center, I want to dispatch him.
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肿
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to swell, swelling, tumor
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: center 中
At a body part it forms a 'middle': A swelling.
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忠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| loyal, devoted, honest
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Top: center 中, below: heart 心
In the middle of the heart is the loyalty.
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衷
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| inner feelings
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Center: middle 中, rest: clothes 衣
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.
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仲
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JLPT no HSK |
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| second amongst brothers, intermediate
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Left: person 人, right: middle/center 中
The person in the middle is (by age) the second (of the brothers).
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忡
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JLPT no HSK |
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| grieved, distressed, sad, uneasy
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Left: feelings 忄, right: center 中
The feeling out of your center is: grieve.
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盅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| handleless cup, goblet
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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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