衷
zhōng HSK7

heart

A person in a robe 衣 with his heart 中 marked; 中 also provides the pronunciation

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes
中
中 SoundMeaning component
zhōng, zhòng central

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtuŋ
tuŋs
Unicodedjiong

說文解字

裏䙝衣。从衣中聲。《春秋傳》曰：“皆衷其衵服。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)