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Grade Level: 1
JLPT Level: 4
Frequency: 11
Bushu (Radical) Info:
｜ (ぼう)
rod
Henshall Mnemonic:
Chinese arrow pierces middle of target
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Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 4 Strokes
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On-Yomi Reading(s):
チュウ
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Kun-Yomi Reading(s):
なか
うち
あた.る
あたる
かなえ
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English Meaning(s):
in
inside
middle
mean
center
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Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji:
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- お中元 [おちゅうげん]
(n) Bon Festival gifts [K] [D]
- お話し中 [おはなしちゅう]
(n) busy (phone) [K] [D]
- アル中 [アルちゅう]
(n) alcoholism [K] [D]
- 一日中 [いちにちじゅう]
(n) throughout the day [K] [D]
- 一年中 [いちねんじゅう]
(n-adv,n-t) all year round [K] [D]
- 一晩中 [ひとばんじゅう]
all night long; all through the night [K] [D]
- 右中間 [うちゅうかん]
(n) between right and center fielders (baseball) [K] [D]
- 渦中 [かちゅう]
(n) vortex [K] [D]
- 懐中電灯 [かいちゅうでんとう]
electric torch; flashlight [K] [D]
- 海中 [かいちゅう]
(n) in the sea [K] [D]
- 寒中 [かんちゅう]
(n-adv,n-t) mid-winter; cold season [K] [D]
- 間中 [あいだじゅう]
during [K] [D]
- 宮中 [きゅうちゅう]
(n) imperial court [K] [D]
- 胸中 [きょうちゅう]
(n) one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions [K] [D]
- 空中 [くうちゅう]
(n) sky; air [K] [D]
- 御中 [おんちゅう]
(n) and Company; Messrs [K] [D]
- 獄中 [ごくちゅう]
(n) during imprisonment; while in jail [K] [D]
- 最中 [さいちゅう]
(n-adv,n) in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst [K] [D]
- 山中 [さんちゅう]
(n) among the mountains [K] [D]
- 市中 [しちゅう]
(n) in the city [K] [D]
- 車中 [しゃちゅう]
(n-adv,n-t) in a train or vehicle [K] [D]
- 手中 [しゅちゅう]
(n) in one's hands; in one's control [K] [D]
- 集中 [しゅうちゅう]
(n,vs) concentration; focusing the mind [K] [D]
- 集中豪雨 [しゅうちゅうごうう]
local downpour; severe rain fall [K] [D]
- 暑中 [しょちゅう]
(n) mid-summer [K] [D]
- 暑中見舞 [しょちゅうみまい]
summer greeting card [K] [D]
- 暑中見舞い [しょちゅうみまい]
summer greeting card [K] [D]
- 女中 [じょちゅう]
(n) (obs) maid [K] [D]
- 掌中 [しょうちゅう]
(n) in the hand; (something) easily manipulated [K] [D]
- 食中毒 [しょくちゅうどく]
(n) food poisoning [K] [D]
- 心中 [しんじゅう]
(n,vs) double suicide; lovers suicide [K] [D]
- 心中 [しんちゅう]
(n) in one's heart; true motives; mind [K] [D]
- 真っ最中 [まっさいちゅう]
(n-adv,n) midst; middle of; height of [K] [D]
- 真ん中 [まんなか]
(n) middle; centre; mid-way [K] [D]
- 真夜中 [まよなか]
(n-adv,n-t) dead of night; midnight [K] [D]
- 人中 [ひとなか]
(n) society; company; the public; the world [K] [D]
- 陣中 [じんちゅう]
(n) in camp; at the front [K] [D]
- 水中 [すいちゅう]
(n) underwater [K] [D]
- 世の中 [よのなか]
(n) society; the world; the times [K] [D]
- 生中継 [なまちゅうけい]
(n) (on TV) "live" broadcast [K] [D]
- 戦中 [せんちゅう]
(n) during the war [K] [D]
- 地中 [ちちゅう]
(n) underground; subterranean [K] [D]
- 地中海 [ちちゅうかい]
Mediterranean Sea [K] [D]
- 中 [なか]
(n) inside; middle; among [K] [D]
- 中でも [なかでも]
(adv) among; above all [K] [D]
- 中尉 [ちゅうい]
(n) first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade [K] [D]
- 中越 [ちゅうごし]
over center field [K] [D]
- 中央 [ちゅうおう]
(n) centre; central; center; middle [K] [D]
- 中央集権 [ちゅうおうしゅうけん]
centralized authoritarian rule [K] [D]
- 中欧 [ちゅうおう]
Central Europe [K] [D]
- 中華 [ちゅうか]
(n) China; Middle Kingdom [K] [D]
- 中華人民共和国 [ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく]
People's Republic of China; Communist China [K] [D]
- 中核 [ちゅうかく]
(n) kernel; core; nucleus [K] [D]
- 中学 [ちゅうがく]
(n) middle school; junior high school [K] [D]
- 中学校 [ちゅうがっこう]
(n) junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school [K] [D]
- 中学生 [ちゅうがくせい]
(n) junior high school student; middle school pupil [K] [D]
- 中間 [ちゅうかん]
(n-adv,n) middle; midway; interim [K] [D]
- 中期 [ちゅうき]
(n-adv,n-t) middle period [K] [D]
- 中級 [ちゅうきゅう]
(n) intermediate level [K] [D]
- 中京 [ちゅうきょう]
Nagoya and environs [K] [D]
- 中型 [ちゅうがた]
(n) medium sized [K] [D]
- 中継 [ちゅうけい]
(n) relay; hook-up [K] [D]
- 中継ぎ [なかつぎ]
(n,vs) intermediary; agency; brokerage; (electric) relay [K] [D]
- 中堅 [ちゅうけん]
(n) main body (of troops); center field; center fielder; nucleus; backbone; mainstay [K] [D]
- 中元 [ちゅうげん]
(n) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon gifts [K] [D]
- 中原 [ちゅうげん]
(n) middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest [K] [D]
- 中古 [ちゅうこ]
(n-t) (1) used; second-hand; old; (2) Middle Ages [K] [D]
- 中古車 [ちゅうこしゃ]
(n) used car; secondhand car [K] [D]
- 中高 [ちゅうこう]
(n) (abbr) middle and high school [K] [D]
- 中国 [ちゅうごく]
(n) (1) China; (2) South-west most region of Honshu; middle of a country; the Hiroshima area [K] [D]
- 中国人 [ちゅうごくじん]
(n) Chinese person [K] [D]
- 中佐 [ちゅうさ]
(n) lieutenant colonel; commander (navy) [K] [D]
- 中産階級 [ちゅうさんかいきゅう]
middle class; bourgeoisie [K] [D]
- 中指 [なかゆび]
(n) middle finger [K] [D]
- 中止 [ちゅうし]
(n,vs) suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption [K] [D]
- 中次ぎ [なかつぎ]
(n,vs) intermediary; agency; brokerage; (electric) relay [K] [D]
- 中耳 [ちゅうじ]
(n) middle ear; tympanum [K] [D]
- 中耳炎 [ちゅうじえん]
(n) tympanitis (inflammation of middle ear) [K] [D]
- 中軸 [ちゅうじく]
(n) axis; pivot; central figure; key man [K] [D]
- 中執 [ちゅうしつ]
(n) (abbr) Central Executive Committee [K] [D]
- 中旬 [ちゅうじゅん]
(n-adv,n-t) second third of a month [K] [D]
- 中傷 [ちゅうしょう]
(n) slander; libel; defamation [K] [D]
- 中将 [ちゅうじょう]
(n) lieutenant general; vice-admiral [K] [D]
- 中小 [ちゅうしょう]
(n) small to medium [K] [D]
- 中小企業 [ちゅうしょうきぎょう]
small to medium enterprises; smaller companies [K] [D]
- 中心 [ちゅうしん]
(n) center; core; heart; pivot; emphasis; balance [K] [D]
- 中身 [なかみ]
(n) contents; interior; substance; filling; (sword) blade [K] [D]
- 中枢 [ちゅうすう]
(n) centre; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; backbone; central figure; pillar; key man [K] [D]
- 中世 [ちゅうせい]
(n-adv,n-t) Middle Ages; mediaeval times [K] [D]
- 中性 [ちゅうせい]
(n) neuter gender; neutral (chem.); indifference; sterility [K] [D]
- 中性子 [ちゅうせいし]
(n) neutron [K] [D]
- 中絶 [ちゅうぜつ]
(n,vs) interruption; abortion; discontinuance; suspension; abeyance [K] [D]
- 中前 [ちゅうぜん]
(n) front of center field [K] [D]
- 中卒 [ちゅうそつ]
(n) junior high school or middle school graduate [K] [D]
- 中退 [ちゅうたい]
(n) leaving school during a term [K] [D]
- 中隊 [ちゅうたい]
(n) company, battery, troop [K] [D]
- 中断 [ちゅうだん]
(n,vs) interruption; suspension; break [K] [D]
- 中中 [なかなか]
(adv) (1) (uk) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (2) by no means (with negative verb) [K] [D]
- 中庭 [なかにわ]
(n) courtyard; quadrangle; middle court [K] [D]
- 中途 [ちゅうと]
(n) in the middle; half-way [K] [D]
- 中途半端 [ちゅうとはんぱ]
(adj-na,n) halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves [K] [D]
- 中島 [なかじま]
(n) island in a pond or river [K] [D]
- 中東 [ちゅうとう]
(n) Middle East [K] [D]
- 中等 [ちゅうとう]
(n) second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade [K] [D]
- 中道 [ちゅうどう]
(n) the middle road; middle of the road; mean; moderation [K] [D]
- 中毒 [ちゅうどく]
(n) poisoning [K] [D]
- 中南米 [ちゅうなんべい]
(n) Central and South America [K] [D]
- 中日 [ちゅうにち]
(n) China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day [K] [D]
- 中年 [ちゅうねん]
(n) middle-aged [K] [D]
- 中盤 [ちゅうばん]
(n-adv,n) middle (stage) [K] [D]
- 中部 [ちゅうぶ]
(n) region south and south-west of Tokyo area; center; middle; heart [K] [D]
- 中腹 [ちゅうふく]
(n) mountain side; halfway up [K] [D]
- 中立 [ちゅうりつ]
(n) neutrality [K] [D]
- 中略 [ちゅうりゃく]
(n) omission; ellipsis [K] [D]
- 中流 [ちゅうりゅう]
(n) mid-stream; middle course; middle class [K] [D]
- 中和 [ちゅうわ]
(adj-na,n,vs) neutralize; counteract [K] [D]
- 町中 [まちなか]
(n) downtown [K] [D]
- 的中 [てきちゅう]
(n,vs) strike home; hit the mark; become realized [K] [D]
- 途中 [とちゅう]
(n-adv,n-t) on the way; en route; midway [K] [D]
- 日中 [にっちゅう]
(n-adv,n-t) (1) daytime; during the day; (2) Sino-Japanese [K] [D]
- 熱中 [ねっちゅう]
(n) nuts!; enthusiasm; zeal; mania [K] [D]
- 年中 [ねんじゅう]
(n-adv,n) whole year; always; everyday [K] [D]
- 脳卒中 [のうそっちゅう]
(n) stroke; cerebral haemorrhage [K] [D]
- 背中 [せなか]
(n) back (of body) [K] [D]
- 府中 [ふちゅう]
Fuchuu (in Tokyo) [K] [D]
- 文中 [ぶんちゅう]
(n) in the document [K] [D]
- 訪中 [ほうちゅう]
(n) visit to China [K] [D]
- 夢中 [むちゅう]
(adj-na,n) daze; (in a) trance; ecstasy; delirium; engrossment [K] [D]
- 命中 [めいちゅう]
(n) a hit [K] [D]
- 夜中 [よなか]
(n-adv,n-t) midnight; dead of night [K] [D]
- 野中 [のなか]
(n) in the middle of a field [K] [D]
- 連中 [れんちゅう]
(n) colleagues; company; a lot [K] [D]
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