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JLPT N5 SL1 4 strokes Frequency: #10

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 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

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
なか naka

Standalone

うち uchi

Among, during

あた ata

Words Using This Kanji

1423 words total
Other (20 words)
中距離弾道ミサイル ちゅうきょりだんどうミサイル

intermediate-range ballistic missile

中央省庁 ちゅうおうしょうちょう

central government ministries and agencies

中間線 ちゅうかんせん

dividing line

中東欧 ちゅうとうおう

Central and Eastern Europe

中夜 ちゅうや

midnight period

一中節 いっちゅうぶし

type of jōruri (dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen)

房中術 ぼうちゅうじゅつ

Taoist sexual alchemy (supposed to prolong the practitioner's life)

語中音 ごちゅうおん

medial (in phonics)

中門廊 ちゅうもんろう

corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

中門 ちゅうもん

gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

奥女中 おくじょちゅう

maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

口中清涼剤 こうちゅうせいりょうざい

mouth freshener

中奥 なかおく

area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

中小姓 ちゅうごしょう

low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)

海中火山 かいちゅうかざん

submarine volcano

中心小体 ちゅうしんしょうたい

centriole

中地震 ちゅうじしん

moderate earthquake

中心体 ちゅうしんたい

centrosome

中黄卵 ちゅうおうらん

centrolecithal egg

中央構造線 ちゅうおうこうぞうせん

Median Tectonic Line