衷

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inner feelings

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person in a robe 衣 with his heart 中 marked; 中 also provides the pronunciation

Components 衣中

innermost feelings · Heisig RSH #1679

walking stick + 哀 grief

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
无动于衷	wú dòng yú zhōng	aloof; indifferent; unconcerned
折衷主义	zhé zhōng zhǔ yì	eclecticism
言不由衷	yán bù yóu zhōng	to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek; saying one thing but mean…
莫衷一是	mò zhōng yī shì	unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice; no unanimous decisio…
衷心	zhōng xīn	heartfelt; wholehearted; cordial
热衷	rè zhōng	to feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession; deep commitment
倾吐衷肠	qīng tǔ zhōng cháng	to pour out (emotions); to pour one's heart out; to say everything that is on one's mind
互诉衷肠	hù sù zhōng cháng	(idiom) to confide in each other
苦衷	kǔ zhōng	secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties
折衷	zhé zhōng	variant of 折中[zhe2 zhong1]
丹衷	dān zhōng	real sincerity
由衷	yóu zhōng	heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
隐衷	yǐn zhōng	a secret; sth best not told to anyone; confidential information
初衷	chū zhōng	original intention
折衷鹦鹉	zhé zhōng yīng wǔ	Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)