Shareables · HSK 3 · 声 · Sound series

声旁 · 口 gives the sound

口 carries the sound in 8 characters, including 中.

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kǒumouth/classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)/classifier for bites or mouthfuls

同声旁 · SAME SOUND COMPONENT

The component is the clue: once you can read 口, you can guess all of these.

CharacterReadingMeaning
zhōngChina/Chinese/surname Zhong/within; among; in/middle; center/while (doing sth); during/(dialect) OK; all right/to hit (the mark)
zǒnggeneral; overall/to sum up/in every case; always; invariably/anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later/surely/(after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc
lóngused in 喉嚨|喉咙[hou2 long2]
hōngroar of laughter (onom.)/hubbub/to roar (as a crowd)/to deceive/to coax/to amuse (a child)/variant of 哄/tumult
dōng(onom.) boom (of a drum)
yǒngto sing
nónggarrulous
tōng(onom.) thump

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