中
Zhong1
#14 most
frequent character
(bound form) China, Chinese
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
中 is a picture of a flag used in war and training, so its first meaning was 'flag'. The meaning grew to 'center', then 'in, inside', 'during', and 'intermediate'. Read zhòng, it also means to affect, match, or get.
Drawn as: flag; war campaign; soldier training
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