zhòng

middle brother

The middle  person  also provides the pronunciation

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

中 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

zhōngzhòng

  

central

Evolution

仲 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
仲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
仲 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
仲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhòng

middle brother; go between, mediator; surname; second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers

 

Zhòng

surname Zhong

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Freq.
Word
Meaning

middle

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arbitration

仲夏

midsummer

仲介

middleman

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