Meanings
in, inside, middle, mean, center
Radicals
Decomposition
⿻口丨
Etymology
Ideographic: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Used in compound words
Standalone
Among, during
Words Using This Kanji
1423 words totalupper secondary education (e.g. high school)
lower secondary education (e.g. middle school)
being out of consideration
intermediate water (depth: 200-2000 meters)
meantone temperament
mesosphere
Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
core city (administrative division for cities with a population of over 300,000)
at large
elementary and middle school pupils
Secretariat (Tang dynasty China)
Middle English
Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryō system)
summer greeting card
Japanese, Western and Chinese (cuisine)
midsummer
self-centered
coitus interruptus
infix
Chinese room (artificial intelligence thought experiment)