中
JLPT HSK 1

zhōng, zhòng

The line 丨 in the center of the square 口 shows the middle.

	钟
JLPT HSK 1

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.

	种
JLPT HSK 3

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.

	冲
JLPT HSK 5

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.

	虫
JLPT HSK 5

chóng
Developed from the image of an insect with sting (cf. scorpion 禺)
In the middle 中 of the earth (bottom stroke) are insects and worms.

	遣
JLPT HSK 6

qiǎn
Left: movement 辶, right from top: center 中, one 一, buttocks
Move one buttock from the center, I want to dispatch him.

	肿
JLPT HSK 6

zhǒng
Left: body part 月/肉, right: center 中
At a body part it forms a 'middle': A swelling.

	忠
JLPT HSK 6

zhōng
Top: center 中, below: heart 心
In the middle of the heart is the loyality.

	衷
JLPT HSK 6

zhōng
Center: middle 中, rest: clothes 衣
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.

	仲
JLPT no HSK

zhòng
Left: person 人, right: middle/center 中
The person in the middle is (by age) the second (of the brothers).

	忡
JLPT no HSK

chōng
Left: feelings 忄, right: center 中
The feeling out of your center is: grieve.

	盅
JLPT no HSK

zhōng
Top: middle, center 中 (here: rotationally symmetrical around an axis丨), below: bowl 皿
A rotationally symmetrical cup with no handle.