TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
中
ㄓㄨㄥ · zhōng
noun — middle, center; (zhòng) to hit the mark
字源 FORM — what the parts do
中形a pole planted through the center of a marked space
A vertical pole through the middle of a bounded space — dead center. Read zhòng, it is the arrow finding that center: 中獎.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
操場正中間，立一根旗竿。
Dead center of the field, one flagpole standing.
字源
意 · Meanings
zhōng
(本義)中間、中心— middle, center常用
→中國、中文— the Middle Kingdom; its language
zhòng
(引申)射中、中獎— to hit the mark; to win the draw常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension