忠

zhōng

zh+ōng·1st tone

loyal; devoted; faithful

Radical: 心 Strokes: 8

Structure: Top large, bottom smallFrequency: Common

Same radical

心意思志恶息急感悬恩总想

Same radical

心意思志恶息急感悬恩总想念怨态

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Character Decomposition

忠=中+心

Etymology

heart

Meanings

loyal; devoted; faithful

zhōng

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Words with 忠 217 total

to display utter loyalty · to be loyal to the end尽忠jìn zhōng to vow loyalty and devotion to效忠xiào zhōng

Idioms with 忠 28 total Chain

lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty · to serve sb with body and soul赤胆忠心chì dǎn zhōng xīn (idiom) to serve one's country with utmost loyalty; to devote oneself entirely to the nation尽忠报国jìn zhōng bào guó Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity · piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends孝悌忠信xiào tì zhōng xìn

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