TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
忠
ㄓㄨㄥ · zhōng
adj — loyal, faithful, devoted
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A heart (心) held 中 — centered, dead-on, not leaning to one side: that is loyalty. 中 zhōng carries the sound unchanged, and the picture too — a heart aimed straight at its center stays true. From it: 忠誠、忠告.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
心（心）穩穩擺在正中（中），不偏左也不偏右。
The heart (心) set dead-center (中), tipping neither left nor right.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)忠— loyal, faithful常用
→忠誠、忠心— loyalty; a devoted heart
⇒忠告、忠言— sincere advice spoken from a true heart
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension