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
- —胸中Popularone's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
- —獄中Popularduring imprisonment; while in jail
- —市中Popularin the city; in the community
- —暑中Popularheight of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer
- —女中Popularmaidservant; housemaid; maid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); court lady; lady
- —掌中Popularin the hand; (something) easily manipulated
- —陣中Popularin camp; at the front
- —水中Popularunderwater
- —中尉Popularfirst lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
- —中欧PopularCentral Europe
- —中華PopularChina; Chinese food
- —中期Popularmiddle period; medium-term
- —中級Popularintermediate level
- —中京PopularNagoya (city); Chūkyō metropolitan area (most of Aichi, and parts of Gifu and Mie prefectures; centered around Nagoya); Chūkyō region
- —中型Popularmedium size
- —中堅Popularnucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure; medium-level; mid-level; middle-ranking; midsize; main body (of troops); crack troops; select troops; center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder; athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.)
- —中元Popular15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts
- —中原Popularmiddle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
- —中国PopularChina; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
- —中佐Popularlieutenant colonel; commander (navy)