仲

仲 U+4EF2, 仲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF2
← 仱
[U+4EF1]
CJK Unified Ideographs 仳 →
[U+4EF3]

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes

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: 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





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).

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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
仲

Derived from 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”).

Pronunciation



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
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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;
* 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

  1. † second, especially when referring to seniority of siblings. See usage notes of 伯.
    伯仲  ―  bózhòng  ―  superior and inferior, competition, comparison
  2. † middle
    仲夏  ―  zhòngxià  ―  midsummer
    仲裁  ―  zhòngcái  ―  arbitration
  3. a surname

Compounds

  • 焦仲卿妻
  • 翁仲
  • 伯仲之間/伯仲之间
  • 商務仲裁/商务仲裁
  • 國際仲裁/国际仲裁
  • 將仲子/将仲子
  • 管仲隨馬/管仲随马
  • 賢昆仲/贤昆仲

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
仲
alternative forms 重

From 重.

Pronunciation


Definitions

仲

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
Synonyms

Compounds

  • 仲要

Japanese

Kanji

仲

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

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] 仲: relationship, terms
[proper noun] 仲: a surname
(This term, 仲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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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