Home › Learn Chinese Characters › All 300 characters › 中
中 zhōng — “middle”
How to write and say the Chinese character 中 (zhōng), which means middle — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Position & direction.
Pinyin · 拼音 zhōng
Meaning · 意思 middle
Strokes · 笔画 4
Radical · 部首 丨 (line)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
中 is written with 4 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: a line 丨 through the center of a box 口.
A common word常用词
中间
in the middle
Example sentence例句
我站在中间。
I stand in the middle.
This page is part of the free Chinese character explorer from Casey Foundation Chinese School — a Saturday community Chinese school in Narre Warren, Victoria, serving Berwick, Cranbourne, Hallam and families across Melbourne's southeast. New students get a free trial lesson.