Kanji1 / 4
中 kanji
in, inside, middle, mean, center
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
チュウ
Kun readings
なかうちあたる
Words with 中
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —中老middle age
- —中夭dying young
- —中間samurai's attendant; footman
- —殿中in the palace
- —島中all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
- —南中culmination; southing; crossing the meridian
- —秘中in secret
- —必中hitting the target
- —洛中inside the capital
- —中風palsy; paralysis
- —中秋15th day of the 8th lunar month; eighth month of the lunar calendar
- —中編second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novella; short novel
- —府中provincial capital (under the ritsuryō system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
- —中細medium-fine (thickness of string, noodles, pencil lead, etc.); medium pointed (e.g. pen)
- —土中in the earth; in the ground; underground
- —禁中court; Imperial Palace or household
- —中衛middle guard; halfback (e.g. football); center forward (e.g. volleyball); centre forward
- —忙中in the midst of busyness
- —中火medium flame (cooking); medium heat; medium fire
- —中音mediant; baritone; contralto; medium tone; medium pitch