中

4 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N5

in, inside, middle, mean, center

Kun'yomi
  • なか
    		inside ②among ③middle ④during ⑤interval ⑥second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes) ⑦red-light district
  • うち
    		inside ②in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.) ③I ④imperial palace grounds
  • あたる
    		to be hit ②to touch ③to feel (something) out ④to shave
On'yomi
  • チュウ
    		medium (size) ②in ③during ④middle way ⑤second volume (of three)
Nanori
  • あたる
  • かなえ

Main Radical

丨(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

なか 60.8%
チュウ 38.8%
うち 0.2%
あたる 0.2%

Character Breakdown

in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ

Contained In

串 仲 冲 忠 沖 狆 虫 衷 迚 𠀐 𠳋

Common Words

なか
中
inside ②among ③middle ④during ⑤interval ⑥second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes) ⑦red-light district
れん
連
ちゅう
中
company ②troupe
と
途
ちゅう
中
on the way ②in the middle of
しゅう
集
ちゅう
中
concentration (on a task) ②concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.) ③within a collection of works
せ
背
なか
中
back (of the body)
ちゅう
中
がく
学
junior high school
よ
世
　
の
なか
中
society
なか
中
み
身
contents ②substance ③(sword) blade
ま
真
　
ん
なか
中
middle
よ
夜
なか
中
middle of the night
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References

Unicode hex code 4E2D
JIS X 0208 1-35-70
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a4.40
Four corner code 5000.6
De Roo Code 1655