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
- —五里霧中totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered
- —ご多忙中excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy
- —合意心中double suicide
- —今週中にbefore the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
- —今日中にby today; before the day is over
- —左中括弧opening brace
- —四六時中around the clock; day and night
- —自己中心selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
- —十中八九in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
- —暑中伺いsummer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
- —掌中の珠apple of one's eye; one's jewel
- —全国中継nation-wide hookup; nationwide broadcast
- —中央計画centralized planning; centralised planning
- —中央政府central government
- —中央突破central breakthrough
- —中央労働Central Labor Relations Committee
- —中華民国Republic of China; ROC; Taiwan; Republic of China (country controlling mainland China from 1912 to 1949)
- —中間景気temporary boom
- —中間搾取kickback
- —中間商人middleman; broker