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JLPT N5 SL1 4 strokes Frequency: #12

Meanings

middle, center, inside, within, during

Radicals

丨

Decomposition

⿻口丨

Etymology

Ideographic: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チュウ chuu

Used in compound words

ジュウ juu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

なか naka

Standalone

うち uchi

Among, during

あた ata

Words Using This Kanji

1422 words total

ジュウ (1 words)

一日中いちにちじゅう

all day / throughout the day / all day long

チュウ (1 words)

中空ちゅうくう

hollow / cavity / inside space

なか (26 words)

中なか

inside, middle, center

middle / center

very

among (other things)

middle dot

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Other (1394 words)

中ソちゅうソ

China and the Soviet Union

中トロちゅうトロ

medium-fatty tuna

中ボスちゅうボス

miniboss

中てるあてる

to hit something aimed at (maliciously)

中くらいちゅうくらい

(about) medium

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