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Surname Zhong

鍾 · 鐘 · 仲

Zhong is the Mandarin pinyin spelling of Chinese surnames such as 鍾, 鐘 and 仲.

Characters for the surname Zhong

The spelling Zhong is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 鍾

    surname; vessel for alcohol

    Mandarin zhōng

  • 鐘

    surname; bell; clock

    Mandarin zhōng

  • 仲

    surname; second; middle

    Mandarin zhòng

鍾 all spellings of zhōng鐘 all spellings of zhōng仲 all spellings of zhòng

Possible characters for Zhong

Zhong 鍾 zhōng · Mandarin 鐘 zhōng · Mandarin 仲 zhòng · Mandarin
The spelling Zhong can stand for 3 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
鍾zhōng · Mandarin
鐘zhōng · Mandarin
仲zhòng · Mandarin

Other spellings of the same character

  • Chong 鍾Hakka, Cantonese
  • Choong 鍾Hakka
  • Cheng 鍾Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)
  • Chung 鍾 鐘Cantonese, Hakka

About the surname Zhong

Zhong is the Mandarin pinyin spelling of several surnames, among them 鍾 and 鐘 (both zhōng) and 仲 (zhòng). Wiktionary records 鍾 and 鐘 as separate surnames. In Cantonese (zung1) and Hakka (chûng) both are usually written Chung. Which character applies depends on the family.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 鍾 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 鍾 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 鐘 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 鐘 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 仲 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 仲 · mdbg.net · meaning

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