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JLPT N2 SL4 6 strokes Frequency: #919

Meanings

Go-between, Relationship

Radicals

Decomposition

⿰亻中

Etymology

Ideographic: The middle 中 person 亻; 中 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
6 vertical right-to-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
チュウ chuu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
なか naka

Words Using This Kanji

98 words total
Other (20 words)
株式仲買人 かぶしきなかがいにん

stockbroker

勢力伯仲 せいりょくはくちゅう

(two sides) being evenly matched in influence or power

保革伯仲 ほかくはくちゅう

conservatives and reformists being neck and neck

実力伯仲 じつりょくはくちゅう

(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability

道楽仲間 どうらくなかま

companion in one's pleasures

不良仲間 ふりょうなかま

gang of hoodlums (hooligans)

腕白仲間 わんぱくなかま

group (gang) of naughty (mischievous) boys

仲が悪い なかがわるい

on bad terms

杜仲茶 とちゅうちゃ

Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure)

杜仲 とちゅう

hardy rubber tree (near-threatened species often used in Chinese medicine, Eucommia ulmoides)

親しき仲にも礼儀あり したしきなかにもれいぎあり

good fences make good neighbors

仲の良い なかのよい

close (e.g. in terms of relationship)

仲呂 ちゅうりょ

(in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G)

仲の悪い なかのわるい

on bad terms

ツーカーの仲 ツーカーのなか

relationship based on intuitive understanding of each other

仲立会員 なかだちかいいん

stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist)

仲良しこよし なかよしこよし

close friend

同じ仲間 おなじなかま

same group

仲立業 なかだちぎょう

brokerage company

仲立ち営業 なかだちえいぎょう

brokerage company