zhōng

holly

A winter  tree  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
tree
SoundMeaning component
dōng winter

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjuŋ

Sources

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