仲

仲 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人中 (OL) or 難人中 (XOL), four-corner 2520₆, composition ⿰亻中)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 403
• Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 121, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4EF2

Historical forms of the character 仲
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j18803 j18804 j18805 j18806 j18807 j18808 j18809 j18810 j18811 j18812 j18813 j18814 j18815 j18816 j18817 j18818 j18819 j18820 j18821 j18822 j18823 j18824 j18825 j18826 j18827 j18828 j18829 j18830 j18831 j18832 j18833 j18834 j18835 j18836 j18837 j18838 j18839 j18840 j18841 j18842 j18843 Bronze inscriptions b12253 Small seal script s05674 Transcribed ancient scripts L35564 L35565 L35566 L35567 L35568 L35569 L18953 L18954 L18955 L18956 L18957 L18952
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *duŋs) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”).

Derived from 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs, “middle”).

仲

1. ^† second, especially when referring to seniority of siblings. See usage notes of 伯.

   伯仲  ―  bózhòng  ―  superior and inferior, competition, comparison

2. ^† middle

   仲夏  ―  zhòngxià  ―  midsummer

   仲裁  ―  zhòngcái  ―  arbitration

3. a surname

Probably from 重.

仲

1. (Cantonese) still (referring to time)

   仲未得住。 [Cantonese]  ―  zung⁶ mei⁶ dak¹ zyu⁶. [Jyutping]  ―  It's still not OK.

   佢而家都仲食緊飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢而家都仲食紧饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ dou¹ zung⁶ sik⁶ gan² faan⁶. [Jyutping]

   He is still eating, even now.

2. (Cantonese) even more

   我哋間屋仲大。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我哋间屋仲大。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ dei⁶ gaan¹ uk¹ zung⁶ daai⁶. [Jyutping]

   Our house is even bigger.

   依條褲仲貴。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   依条裤仲贵。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ji¹ tiu⁴ fu³ zung⁶ gwai³. [Jyutping]

   This pair of pants is even more expensive.

3. (Cantonese) also; as well

• 饒秉才, 歐陽覺亞, 周無忌 (2010) 廣州話方言詞典（修訂版） (in Chinese), 香港: 商務印書館, →ISBN
• “仲”, 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–

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)^{←ぢゆう (dyuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kun: なか (naka, 仲, Jōyō)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [중]

Wikisource 仲 (eum 중 (jung))

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仲: Hán Nôm readings: trọng

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