忠 loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness, devotion, obedience to authority or one's master 中,心,

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チュウ
CHU　U

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中

チュウ,なか,うち,あた to hit the 'bull's eye' while doing (something), middle, center, within, on the inside, among; two-sided, throughout; vulva, Mother China

　ROD in ORIFICE
…or: ORIFICE TOP TO BOTTOM
…or: ROD in JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES, ROWDY BEHAVIOR
…or: SCREWING in CAVITY
…or: SCREWING in SPREAD LEGS
　

心

シン,こころ,～ごころ feelings, thoughts, intent, -minded, -hearted, heart, spewing penis, intelligent planning, the soul

　CAPABLE OF SPEWING VENOM with MANY DROPS flying
…or: emphasis on EMISSIONS with BEND APPENDAGE
　

Meanings of elements

CENTER of MIND
…or: VULVA-HEARTED
…or: VULVA, ROD in JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES with SPEWING PENIS

Whatever is TRULY at the「center of one's mind」is what we will be LOYAL and DEVOTED to, whatever that may be, for good or for evil, with these elements combining in a number of ways. Actually this glyph as「vulva-hearted」indicates female FIDELITY. Contrast that with the glyph「penis-hearted」that means「intention, will」as a frank admission of male fidelity, or lack thereof. However, note that in ancient China female fidelity was enforced under penalty of death, so the rate of infidelity, if discovered, was kept artificially low due to the death of the perpetrators, yet did foster OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY AND ONE'S MASTER to one degree or another. Note that LOYALTY to one's master is not necessarily something that is always virtuous (「two-sided」it seems), as the mind of an evil person is devoted and loyal to doing evil, such as that of wartime officers, among other egregious examples. Further note that loyalties can shift with the tide of battle as「two-sided」so it is best not to trust anyone blindly, nor for very long.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: loyal; devoted; honest
Japanese: loyalty, devotion, fidelity, faithfulness, devoted, true
Unihan extended: loyalty, devotion, fidelity
EDRDG: loyalty; fidelity; faithfulness

Used within names (nanori)
きよし　･　たた　･　ただ　･　ただし　･　なお

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system. Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.