漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
忠: loyalty, fidelity
Also: faithfulness
JLPT N18 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 中 gives the sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
チュウchuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 忠義ちゅうぎloyalty, devotion
- 忠誠心ちゅうせいしんloyalty, sincerity
- 忠実なちゅうじつなfaithful, loyal
- 忠告するちゅうこくするadvise, warn
- 忠実ちゅうじつ
- 忠臣ちゅうしんloyal retainer; loyal subject
- 忠誠ちゅうせいloyalty; sincerity; allegiance
- 忠告ちゅうこく
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
中
Also built on in (中)
忠 takes the 中 family's reading, チュウ (chuu).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side忠 loyalty · 中
vs怠 neglect · 台In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhōng
Same form: 忠 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 忠 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 忠 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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