忠
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loyal; devoted; faithful
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 心 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 忠
- Common rank
- #1,749
- Unicode
- U+5FE0
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Formation & memory
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Words with 忠
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忠清南道 | South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Daejeon 大田[Da4 tian2] | |
| 忠清北道 | North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Cheongju 清州市 | |
| 忠清道 | Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道[Zho… | |
| 张自忠 | Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second S… | |
| 忠君爱国 | (idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country | |
| 忠言逆耳 | loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom) | |
| 忠县 | Zhong County or Zhongxian, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 忠心 | good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication | |
| 赤胆忠心 | lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty; to serve sb with body and soul | |
| 忠义 | loyal and righteous; fealty; loyalty | |
| 黄忠 | Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old f… | |
| 忠言 | sincere advice; heartfelt exhortation | |
| 死忠 | die-hard (fan etc) | |
| 忠清 | Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道[Zho… | |
| 吴忠市 | Wuzhong, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4… | |
| 忠信 | faithful and honest; loyal and sincere | |
| 忠实 | faithful | |
| 忠于 | to be loyal to | |
| 忠肝义胆 | (idiom) loyal, righteous and courageous | |
| 大奸似忠 | the most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 中 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中 sound part | central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese | |
| 虫 | insect, worm; mollusk | |
| 种 | race, kind, breed; seed; to plant | |
| 冲 | wash, rinse, flush; dash; soar | |
| 钟 | clock; bell | |
| 肿 | swelling; swollen; to swell | |
| 盅 | small cup or bowl | |
| 忡 | sad, grieving; distressed, uneasy |