zhōng

small cup or bowl

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
皿 meaning component

  Meaning component

mǐn

  

dish

中 sound component

  Sound component

zhōngzhòng

  

central

Evolution

盅 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
盅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhōng

small cup or bowl; handleless cup; goblet

Most common words with 盅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

goblet

酒盅

wine cup