He tried to concentrate on the letter.
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集中
jí zhōng
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jí zhōng · zaap6 zung1 (Jyutping)
- to concentrate
- to centralize
- to focus
- centralized
- concentrated
- to put together
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Character breakdown
集
- Meaning
- assemble, collect together
- Radical
- 隹
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- ⿱隹木
- Cangjie
- OGD
- Four-corner
- 2090.4
中
- Meaning
- central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
- Radical
- 丨
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿻口丨
- Cangjie
- L
- Four-corner
- 5000.6
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Example sentences
I think we should concentrate on other things.
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