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
- —血液中within the blood; blood-borne
- —中高齢middle and advanced age
- —中東欧Central and Eastern Europe
- —中間線dividing line; intermediate line; intermediate rays
- —一中節type of jōruri (dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen)
- —房中術Taoist sexual alchemy (supposed to prolong the practitioner's life)
- —中門廊corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
- —語中音medial (in phonics)
- —奥女中maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
- —中小姓low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)
- —中地震moderate earthquake
- —中黄卵centrolecithal egg; mesolecithal egg
- —中心体centrosome
- —中心線centre line; center line; central line
- —中納言medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
- —中間期interphase; interkinesis; midcycle
- —集中的intensive; concentrated; focused
- —水中毒water intoxication; hyperhydration; water toxemia
- —接続中(in the process of) connecting
- —中学年middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)