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仲
仲
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Translingual
Han character
仲 (radical 9 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人中 (OL) or X人中 (XOL), four-corner 25206, composition ⿰亻中)
References
- KangXi: page 94, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 403
- Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 121, character 7
- Unihan data for U+4EF2
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
仲 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 仲
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (中) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
中 | *tuŋ, *tuŋs |
忠 | *tuŋ |
衷 | *tuŋ, *tuŋs |
忡 | *tʰuŋ |
浺 | *tʰuŋ |
盅 | *tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ |
种 | *duŋ |
沖 | *duŋ |
翀 | *duŋ |
仲 | *duŋs |
A variant of 中, created to separate the sense of seniority from the original meaning of "middle". Equivalent to Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 亻 (“person”) + 中 (“middle”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: chung4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonq
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zung6
- Yale: juhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung6
- IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
Rime | |
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Character | 仲 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
Final (韻) | 東 (2) |
Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 直衆切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɖɨuŋH/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ɖiuŋH/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/ȡiuŋH/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖuwŋH/ |
Li Rong |
/ȡiuŋH/ |
Wang Li |
/ȡĭuŋH/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ȡʱi̯uŋH/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhòng |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 仲 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhòng |
Middle Chinese |
‹ drjuwngH › |
Old Chinese |
/*N-truŋ-s/ |
English | middle (of brothers) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 仲 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 17419 |
Phonetic component |
中 |
Rime group |
終 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
仲 |
Old Chinese |
/*duŋs/ |
Etymology 1
Derived from Old Chinese 中.
Definitions
仲
- (only in compounds, no longer productive) second, especially when referring to seniority of siblings. See usage notes of 伯.
- 伯仲 ― bózhòng ― superior and inferior, competition, comparison
- (only in compounds, no longer productive) middle.
- 仲夏 ― zhòngxià ― midsummer
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Maybe derived from etymology 1, or a variant of 總.
Definitions
仲
Etymology 3
From Japanese 仲 (naka, “social relationship”). The Japanese word adopted this character by reinterpretation, itself derived from 中 (naka, “inside”).
Definitions
仲
- (only in compounds, no longer productive) relation.
- 仲裁 ― zhòngcái ― arbitration
Korean
Hanja
仲 • (jung) (hangeul 중, revised jung, McCune-Reischauer chung)
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Vietnamese
Han character
仲 (trọng)
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