Ideographic: The middle 中 person 亻; 中 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for zhòng:

  • - second month of a season
  • - middle
  • - intermediate
  • - second amongst brothersarbitrationmidsummer
  • - second month of summersecond month of autumn
  • - 8th month of the lunar calendaralmost on a parAlexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer