Daily Character 中
Posted in All on 23. Feb, 2010
Character 中 has two pronunciations. One is zhōng, and another is zhòng. When 中 is read as zhōng, it means centre/middle, and 中 in the word 中国 (zhōng ɡuó) has this pronunciation. The reason 中 read as zhōng in the word 中国 (zhōng ɡuó) is because ancient Chinese people believe China is in the center of the earth. When 中 is read as zhòng, meaning of 中 is changed with pronuncation, which means to hit/fall into.
