Medoru
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JLPT N5 SL1 4 strokes Frequency: #10

Meanings

in, inside, middle, mean, center

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

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)
偽中国語 にせちゅうごくご

pseudo-Chinese

中間生産物 ちゅうかんせいさんぶつ

intermediate goods

背中を押す せなかをおす

to push someone (towards)

背中を追う せなかをおう

to walk behind someone

売り出し中 うりだしちゅう

on bargain sale

集中治療 しゅうちゅうちりょう

intensive care

居中 きょちゅう

being in the middle

中古語 ちゅうこご

Early Middle Japanese

中古文 ちゅうこぶん

Heian-period kana writing

ロゴス中心主義 ロゴスちゅうしんしゅぎ

logocentrism

田中上奏文 たなかじょうそうぶん

Tanaka memorial (document, ca. 1927)

最中の月 もなかのつき

full moon

町中華 まちちゅうか

simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant

越中 えっちゅう

Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

中ロット ちゅうロット

medium lot (manufacture)

備中 びっちゅう

Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

陸中 りくちゅう

Rikuchū (former province located in present-day Iwate Prefecture and parts of Akita Prefecture)

碁打ち鳥飼い馬鹿の中 ごうちとりかいばかのうち

go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)

懐中時計 かいちゅうどけい

pocket watch

中扉 なかとびら

chapter title page

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