Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

衷: inmost, heart

Also: mind, inside

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

衣 carries the meaning · 中 gives the sound

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チュウchuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 折衷せっちゅうcompromise; cross; blending
  • 衷心ちゅうしんinnermost feelings
  • 和洋折衷わようせっちゅう

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)衣 clothes (meaning) + 中 middle; center (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 衷 (rev. 93444449), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Middle (中) + clothes (衣). The "middle" or "sincere" feelings that are hidden deep under one's "clothes"—referring to one's true, innermost thoughts.”
From the 衣 clothes story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
衣

Also built on clothes (衣)

All 17
中

Also built on in (中)

衷 takes the 中 family's reading, チュウ (chuu).

Also read チュウ

18 kanji share this on'yomiAll 18

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
衷 inmost · 中
vs哀 pathetic · 口
衷 has 中 where 哀 has 口.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhōng

Same form: 衷 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
衷 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
衷 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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