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２病behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness
- —中小性low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)
- —中華饅Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
- —街中華simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant; popular no-frills Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
- —お話し中busy (phone)
- —御話し中busy (phone)
- —暗中摸索groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues
- —懐中電燈(electric) torch; flashlight
- —五里夢中totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered
- —御多忙中excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy
- —取込み中in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
- —掌中の玉apple of one's eye; one's jewel
- —まっ最中right in the middle (of); midst; height
- —陣中見舞visit to soldiers at the front (in support); gift given to soldiers on the battefield; visit to someone hard at work (in support); gift given to someone working hard (e.g. food)
- —水中眼鏡diving goggles; swimming goggles; face mask; hydroscope
- —年柄年中all year round; all the time; year in and year out
- —無我無中losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
- —中ぐらい(about) medium; middle; average
- —ひと晩中all night long; all through the night
- —阿片中毒opium addiction