中心

Character by character

• 中zhōng4 strokesHSK 1central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
• 心xīn4 strokesHSK 2heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 中心. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 中zhōngHSK 1

  within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right

• 担心dān xīnHSK 4

  anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious

• 心xīnHSK 3

  heart; mind; intention; center; core

• 其中qí zhōngHSK 2

  among; in; included among these

• 开心kāi xīnHSK 2

  to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb

• 中国zhōng guóHSK 1

  China

• 心理xīn lǐHSK 4

  psychology; mentality

• 关心guān xīnHSK 2

  to be concerned about; to care about

• 心里xīn liHSK 2

  chest; heart; mind

• 集中jí zhōngHSK 3

  to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together

• 心情xīn qíngHSK 2

  mood; frame of mind

• 小心xiǎo xīnHSK 2

  to be careful; to take care

• 之中zhī zhōngHSK 5

  inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during

• 中间zhōng jiānHSK 1

  the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime

• 中央zhōng yāngHSK 5

  central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)

• 内心nèi xīnHSK 3

  heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter

• 心中xīn zhōngHSK 2

  central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart

• 高中gāo zhōngHSK 2

  senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学

• 当中dāng zhōngHSK 3

  among; in the middle; in the center

• 信心xìn xīnHSK 2

  confidence; faith (in sb or sth)

• 放心fàng xīnHSK 2

  to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease

• 恶心è xīnHSK 4

  bad habit; vicious habit; vice

• 伤心shāng xīnHSK 3

  to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt

• 中午zhōng wǔHSK 1

  noon; midday