仲

仲	U+4EF2, 仲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF2

← 仱
[U+4EF1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

仳 →
[U+4EF3]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仲 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人中 (OL) or X人中 (XOL), four-corner 2520₆, composition ⿰亻中)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 403
Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 121, character 7
Unihan data for U+4EF2

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仲

Shang

Western Zhou

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Oracle bone script

Bronze inscriptions

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Oracle bone script**
j18803	j18804	j18805	j18806	j18807	j18808	j18809	j18810
j18811	j18812	j18813	j18814	j18815	j18816	j18817	j18818
j18819	j18820	j18821	j18822	j18823	j18824	j18825	j18826
j18827	j18828	j18829	j18830	j18831	j18832	j18833	j18834
j18835	j18836	j18837	j18838	j18839	j18840	j18841	j18842
j18843

**Bronze inscriptions**
b12253

**Small seal script**
s05674

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L35564	L35565	L35566	L35567	L35568	L35569	L18953	L18954
L18955	L18956	L18957	L18952

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (中) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *duŋs) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”).

Etymology 1

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Derived from 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòng (zhong⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhung
Min Dong (BUC): dê̤ṳng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tiōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): dong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhòng
  - Wade–Giles: chung⁴
  - Yale: jùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonq
  - Palladius: чжун (čžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung⁶
  - Yale: juhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhung
  - Hakka Romanization System: cung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dê̤ṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tøyŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng
  - Tâi-lô: tiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dong⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: drjuwngH

Rime
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
Baxter	drjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*N-truŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*duŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòng
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwng^H ›
Old Chinese	/*N-truŋ-s/
English	middle (of brothers)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仲
Reading #	1/1
No.	17419
Phonetic component	中
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	仲
Old Chinese	/*duŋs/

Definitions

仲

^† second, especially when referring to seniority of siblings. See usage notes of 伯.
伯仲 ― bózhòng ― superior and inferior, competition, comparison
^† middle
仲夏 ― zhòngxià ― midsummer

仲裁 ― zhòngcái ― arbitration
a surname

Compounds

二仲
仲介 (zhòngjiè)
仲介公司
仲冬
仲夏 (zhòngxià)
仲子
仲家 (Zhòngjiā)
仲尼 (Zhòngní)
仲弓
仲春
仲月 (zhòngyuè)
仲父
仲秋
仲裁 (zhòngcái)
伯仲 (bózhòng)
伯仲之間／伯仲之间
伯仲叔季 (bózhòngshūjì)
伯壎仲篪
商務仲裁／商务仲裁
國際仲裁／国际仲裁
將仲子／将仲子
昆仲 (kūnzhòng)
焦仲卿妻
管仲隨馬／管仲随马
翁仲
賢昆仲／贤昆仲

Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Probably from 重.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung⁶
  - Yale: juhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²²/

Definitions

仲

(Cantonese) still (referring to time)
仲未得住。 [Cantonese] ― zung⁶ mei⁶ dak¹ zyu⁶. [Jyutping] ― It's still not OK.

佢而家都仲食緊飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢而家都仲食紧饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ dou¹ zung⁶ sik⁶ gan² faan⁶. [Jyutping]
He is still eating, even now.
(Cantonese) even more
我哋間屋仲大。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我哋间屋仲大。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ dei⁶ gaan¹ uk¹ zung⁶ daai⁶. [Jyutping]
Our house is even bigger.

依條褲仲貴。／依条裤仲贵。 [Cantonese] ― ji¹ tiu⁴ fu³ zung⁶ gwai³. [Jyutping] ― This pair of pants is even more expensive.
(Cantonese) also; as well

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Compounds

仲要

References

饒秉才; 歐陽覺亞; 周無忌 (2010) 廣州話方言詞典（修訂版） (in Chinese), 香港: 商務印書館, →ISBN
“仲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

仲

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Compounds

仲介
仲裁
仲立人
仲間
仲人
仲仕
仲保
仲値
仲兄
仲冬
仲夏
仲居
仲断
仲春
仲核
仲秋
仲継
仲見世, 仲店
仲買

Etymology

Kanji in this term
仲
なか Grade: 4
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 仲 – see the following entry.

【なか】	[noun] Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) relationship, terms [proper noun] Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) a surname

(This term, 仲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [중]

Hanja

Wikisource 仲 (eum 중 (jung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仲: Hán Nôm readings: trọng

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References

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