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zhǒngzhòng HSK3

seed

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Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound. Simplified form of 種.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
中
中 Sound component
zhōng, zhòng central

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangduŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica