忠
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中
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心
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Julian Giant Squid (zhu) plays darts every day in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He is very loyal (忠) to his club and even has a darts board (中) tattooed onto his heart (心).
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中
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丨
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
心
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乚
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丶
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Marie Curie (xi) uses a shovel (乚) to dig a hole in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She wants to bury her heart (心). To the side are three petal leaves (丶), with which she wants to cover it afterwards.
Characters with 忠 as component
忠
is not used as a component in another character.
Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends