衷

衷 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+4 in Chinese, 衣+3 in Japanese, 10 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 十中竹女 (JLHV) or 卜中竹女 (YLHV), four-corner 5073₂, composition ⿴衣中 or ⿳亠中𧘇)

• 𠂻

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1112, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34139
• Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3076, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8877

Historical forms of the character 衷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs) : semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle; center”).

Related to 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle; centre”); see there for more.

衷

1. ^† undergarment; underwear
2. inner feelings; heart; from the bottom of one's heart
3. middle; center
4. a surname

• “衷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. inmost, inside
2. heart, mind (also 心)

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kun: うち (uchi, 衷)、まごころ (magokoro, 衷)
• Nanori: ただ (tada)、ただし (tadashi)、まこと (makoto)

• 苦(く)衷(ちゅう) (kuchū, “distress”)
• 折(せっ)衷(ちゅう) (setchū, “blending, compromise”)
• 衷(ちゅう)情(じょう) (chūjō, “inner feelings, true heart”)
• 衷(ちゅう)心(しん) (chūshin, “innermost feelings”)
• 微(び)衷(ちゅう) (bichū, “one's innermost thoughts”)
• 和(わ)衷(ちゅう)協(きょう)同(どう) (wachūkyōdō, “harmonious cooperation”)

衷 • (chung) (hangeul 충, revised chung, McCune–Reischauer ch'ung, Yale chwung)

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衷: Hán Nôm readings: trung

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