忠

zhōng
#1,320 most
frequent character
loyal, devoted, faithful

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

忠 zhōng uses 心 heart, feeling as the meaning part and 中 zhōng as a sound part. It first meant putting one's whole heart into something. From there it grew to 'to be devoted, loyal' and 'to be honest, faithful'.

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Homophones

中zhōng
middle, in
终zhōng
end, finish

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