仲 (zhòng) is a Chinese character meaning “the middle one of three (esp”. It is written from 亻 (person (the form 人 takes on the left)) and 中 (middle; center), side by side, and takes 6 strokes.
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Structure
亻 + 中
Left–right structure
Structure from: 说文解字·人部：仲，中也。从人从中，中亦声（构形与 hanzi-writer-data 现代字形笔画一致：亻2 画 + 中 4 画 = 6 画）
Memory aid
A person (亻) standing in the middle (中) — the one in between: the middle brother, the middle month, the neutral party who settles a dispute.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
6 strokes
In real words
- 仲裁zhòng cáiarbitration; to arbitrate仲 = zhòng
- 仲夏zhòng xiàmidsummer; the second month of summer仲 = zhòng
Go deeper
All readings
middle; second of three
the middle one of three (esp. of brothers or of the months of a season); intermediate; to mediate between two sides
三者之中居中的那一个（多指兄弟排行或一季中的第二个月）；也指居中调停。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 仲裁zhòng cáiarbitration; to arbitrate仲 = zhòng
- 仲夏zhòng xiàmidsummer; the second month of summer仲 = zhòng
Sound component
中 family tone diff
Easy to confuse with
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 仲 mean?
仲 (zhòng) means the middle one of three (esp. of brothers or of the months of a season); intermediate; to mediate between two sides.
How do you pronounce 仲?
It is pronounced zhòng.
What parts is 仲 made of?
亻 (person (the form 人 takes on the left)) and 中 (middle; center), side by side. The recorded source is: 说文解字·人部：仲，中也。从人从中，中亦声（构形与 hanzi-writer-data 现代字形笔画一致：亻2 画 + 中 4 画 = 6 画）. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 仲 have?
6. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 仲?
人. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 仲?
Common ones are 仲裁 and 仲夏. The reading of 仲 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.