Read Edit View history 中 zhōngZhōngzhòng HSK1 central Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of the wind. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhōng ×zhòng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 中 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 194, 598 ], [ 229, 572 ], [ 236, 553 ], [ 295, 323 ] ], [ [ 262, 591 ], [ 281, 579 ], [ 471, 611 ], [ 719, 641 ], [ 741, 638 ], [ 777, 596 ], [ 732, 460 ], [ 702, 446 ] ], [ [ 316, 350 ], [ 330, 365 ], [ 689, 409 ], [ 749, 405 ], [ 768, 398 ] ], [ [ 449, 823 ], [ 476, 817 ], [ 513, 781 ], [ 505, 656 ], [ 499, -10 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 254 596 Q 244 603 202 608 Q 189 611 185 605 Q 178 598 189 580 Q 228 507 254 384 Q 260 347 282 324 Q 303 300 307 318 Q 310 328 310 343 L 306 381 Q 305 390 303 399 Q 276 513 267 556 C 261 585 259 594 254 596 Z", "M 752 425 Q 765 462 777 498 Q 793 546 828 578 Q 853 603 821 624 Q 793 648 762 666 Q 743 679 717 668 Q 677 655 615 646 Q 575 642 535 636 L 476 628 Q 427 622 380 613 Q 307 603 254 596 C 224 592 237 551 267 556 Q 274 556 286 559 Q 400 587 476 593 L 534 600 Q 604 609 698 615 Q 717 616 724 607 Q 739 583 693 435 C 684 406 742 397 752 425 Z", "M 530 370 Q 630 380 764 386 Q 776 387 778 397 Q 779 406 752 425 C 730 441 723 440 693 435 Q 606 420 530 407 L 475 399 Q 385 389 306 381 C 276 378 280 341 310 343 Q 314 343 321 343 Q 382 356 475 365 L 530 370 Z", "M 475 365 Q 472 17 485 -11 Q 486 -12 488 -16 Q 503 -32 512 -10 Q 530 32 530 370 L 530 407 Q 531 519 534 600 L 535 636 Q 538 742 559 778 Q 566 794 545 811 Q 520 830 475 843 Q 454 847 441 833 Q 431 826 444 812 Q 472 787 475 753 Q 475 704 476 628 L 476 593 Q 476 517 476 419 Q 475 409 475 399 L 475 365 Z" ] } 4 strokes 中 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 190, 598 ], [ 233, 565 ], [ 296, 320 ] ], [ [ 252, 589 ], [ 739, 640 ], [ 784, 588 ], [ 717, 418 ] ], [ [ 301, 360 ], [ 772, 406 ] ], [ [ 443, 829 ], [ 513, 777 ], [ 501, -18 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M254,596C240,603 228,608 209,609C199,610 188,609 185,605C180,600 181,593 189,580C214,532 237,468 254,384C258,361 267,341 282,324C305,300 309,317 310,343C310,356 308,369 306,381C298,423 273,528 267,556C264,570 267,590 254,596Z", "M752,425C760,450 769,474 777,498C787,530 805,557 828,578C845,595 841,609 821,624C801,639 781,654 762,666C748,675 734,675 717,668C690,659 613,647 535,636C496,631 496,631 476,628C386,616 289,601 254,596C240,593 253,553 267,556C335,570 409,586 476,593C515,598 515,598 534,600C580,606 624,613 687,616C699,617 719,615 724,607C734,593 723,534 693,435C686,416 745,406 752,425Z", "M530,370C596,378 674,382 764,386C772,387 776,391 778,397C778,403 770,413 752,425C735,435 713,439 693,435C635,425 580,417 530,409C493,404 493,404 475,401C415,393 358,387 306,381C294,379 297,343 310,343C325,341 419,358 475,364C512,368 512,368 530,370Z", "M475,364C475,132 467,21 488,-16C494,-28 505,-24 512,-10C523,19 530,145 530,370C530,396 530,396 530,409C530,442 532,546 534,600C535,624 535,624 535,636C536,708 545,754 559,778C564,789 559,801 545,811C528,825 504,836 475,843C460,847 450,842 441,833C435,828 434,822 444,812C478,779 476,684 476,628C476,605 476,605 476,593C476,535 475,436 475,401C475,376 475,376 475,364Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.