inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
之 · 3 strokes
Pictograph of a foot (止) going out of an area. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
中 · 4 strokes
Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of…