zhōng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 nonstandard variant of 钟; ancient wine vessel; to concentrate (affection)
  2. 2 surname Zhong

Examples

Qiángshàng nà kǒu lǎo zhōng yòu tíng le.
The old clock on the wall has stopped again.

Tips

history
Not a standalone everyday word: it is a nonstandard simplification of (a round wine cask; to gather one's feelings, as in 钟爱). Standard writing merged it into , but it persists in some surnames. It is the metal radical plus phonetic .
register
Variant form; appears mostly in older texts and personal names, not in standard modern writing.

Components

radical
jīn
metal; gold
The left-side metal radical, contracted. It marks the original sense of a cast bronze cask, the same family as and .
phonetic
zhòng
heavy; to repeat; phonetic
Supplies the sound, read here as zhōng. The standard form swapped this for the simpler ; it lends pronunciation only.

Stroke Order

zhōng