phonetic map : 中 zhōng/zhòng

goulnik
October 04, 2008, 05:41 PM posted in General Discussion

@ 中

zhong
zhǒng to swell / swollen
肿瘤 zhǒngliú tumor
zhōng n. bell; clock; time
门钟 ménzhōng doorbell
点钟 diǎnzhōng o'clock
zhòng b.f. middle; second
仲兄 zhòngxiōng n. second-eldest brother
zhǒng species; kind; to plant
种类 zhǒnglèi n. kind; type
种植 zhòngzhí to plant; grow
zhōng b.f. center; middle
中心 zhōngxīn center; heart
中央 zhōngyāng center; middle; central
* zhòng to hit a target; accurately
打中 dǎzhòng to hit (the target)
猜中 cāizhòng to guess right
zhōng loyal; faithful; honest
忠心 zhōngxīn n. loyalty; loyal
忠言 zhōngyán n. sincere/earnest advice
zhōng inner feelings; heart
衷心 zhōngxīn heartfelt; cordial
zhōng handleless cup
茶盅 cházhōng small teacup
chong
chōng to charge; rush /vigorously
冲动 chōngdòng impulse/to get excited
chōng undecided
怔忡 zhēngchōng n. palpitation
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goulnik
October 03, 2008, 04:17 PM

and here's a layout that looks more like a map

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changye
October 04, 2008, 03:25 AM

For the record, this talbe would be separated into two parts in Taiwan, since the phonetic radical of 种,钟,肿 is not , but in traditional characters. Anyway, and thankfully, both 中 and 重 have the same sound in modern Chinese, however they were slightly different to each other more than one thousand years ago.

Interestingly, "" has its two traditional forms, i.e. and . Conversely speaking, two different characters simplified into the same character. How bold it is! Traditionalis naturally used in words associated with "water', such as "沖洗" and "沖厠所", and 衝 is used in words thant connote "impulse", e.g. "衝撃".

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henning
October 13, 2008, 01:57 PM

CSV-list (for the import to Flashcard apps; "@" is delimeter):

中@zhōng; zhōng@zhōng: b.f. center; middle; b.f. center; middle - zhòng: to hit a target; accurately
中央@zhōngyāng@center; middle; central
中心@zhōngxīn@center; heart
仲@zhòng@b.f. middle; second
仲兄@zhòngxiōng@n. second-eldest brother
冲@chōng@to charge; rush /vigorously
冲动@chōngdòng@impulse/to get excited
忠@zhōng@loyal; faithful; honest
忠心@zhōngxīn@n. loyalty; loyal
忠言@zhōngyán@n. sincere/earnest advice
忡@chōng@undecided
怔忡@zhēngchōng@n. palpitation
打中@dǎzhòng@to hit (the target)
点钟@diǎnzhōng@o'clock
猜中@cāizhòng@to guess right
盅@zhōng@handleless cup
种@zhǒng@species; kind; to plant
种植@zhòngzhí@to plant; grow
种类@zhǒnglèi@n. kind; type
肿@zhǒng@to swell / swollen
肿瘤@zhǒngliú@tumor
茶盅@cházhōng@small teacup
衷@zhōng@inner feelings; heart
衷心@zhōngxīn@heartfelt; cordial
钟@zhōng@n. bell; clock; time
门钟@ménzhōng@doorbell