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
- —雲中in the clouds
- —中流banishment (to a somewhat distant province); middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
- —嫌中dislike of China; hatred of China
- —中朝China and North Korea; Chinese-North Korean; imperial court; Imperial Court (of Japan); middle ages
- —中軍centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)
- —中計mid-term business plan
- —庭中in the garden
- —親中pro-Chinese
- —中３third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
- —閨中inside the bedroom
- —中辺moderate; middle-of-the-road; inner edge (othello)
- —中衣inner layer of clothing; inner garment (other than underwear)
- —居中being in the middle; being impartial; standing between two things
- —禺中hour of the snake (9-11am)
- —越中Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
- —陸中Rikuchū (former province located in present-day Iwate Prefecture and parts of Akita Prefecture)
- —媚中currying favour with China; pandering to China
- —中団midfield (in a horse race or motor race); middle of the pack
- —中産medium amount of wealth; middling property; owner of medium wealth
- —中棹shamisen with a medium-sized neck