Meanings

Inmost, Heart, Mind, Inside

Radicals

衣

Decomposition

⿻衣中

Etymology

Ideographic: A person in a robe 衣 with his heart 中 marked; 中 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner left-to-right

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical right-to-left

6 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

7 corner bottom-to-top

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チュウ chuu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

11 words total

Other (11 words)

distress

compromise

compromise proposal

innermost feelings

true heart

one's innermost thoughts (feelings)

和洋折衷わようせっちゅう

blending of Japanese and Western styles

折衷主義せっちゅうしゅぎ

eclecticism

雅俗折衷がぞくせっちゅう

blending of the classical and colloquial styles

和衷協同わちゅうきょうどう

harmonious cooperation

折衷尺せっちゅうじゃく

compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)

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