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
- —中耳Popularmiddle ear; tympanum
- —中軸Popularaxis; pivot; central figure; key man
- —中将Popularlieutenant general; vice-admiral
- —中小Popularsmall and medium
- —中絶Popularabortion; discontinuance; stoppage; suspension; interruption
- —中前Popularfront of center field; front of centre field
- —中退Popularleaving school during a term
- —中隊Popularcompany; battery; troop
- —中東PopularMiddle East
- —中等Popularsecond grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade
- —中道Popularmiddle of the road; centrism; moderation; golden mean; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
- —中日PopularChina and Japan; Chinese-Japanese; Sino-Japanese; middle day (of a sumo tournament, theatrical run, etc.); day of an equinox
- —中盤Popularmiddle stage; middle phase; middle game; midpoint; midfield (in soccer)
- —中部Popularcenter; centre; middle; heart; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
- —中腹Popularhalfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
- —中略Popularomission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
- —中流Popularmid-stream; middle course; middle class
- —的中Popularhitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
- —文中Popularin the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court; 1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
- —中核Popularkernel; core; nucleus; center; centre