A kanji
中
in, inside, middle, mean, center
- 4 strokes
- Taught in grade 1 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 11 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
チュウ
Kun'yomi
なか、うち、あた.る
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 中 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 中 44 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 1 word
JLPT N4 · 5 words
JLPT N3 · 16 words
- 中心ちゅうしんcenter, core
- 最中さいちゅうin the middle of
- 中央ちゅうおうcentral, center, middle
- 世の中よのなかsociety, the world
- 夜中よなかmidnight, dead of night
- 中ちゅうinside, middle, among
- 集中しゅうちゅうconcentration, focusing the mind
- 夢中むちゅうcrush, crazy, be hooked on
- 中学ちゅうがくmiddle school, junior high school
- 中古ちゅうこused, second-hand
- 中止ちゅうしsuspension, stoppage, discontinuance
- 中身なかみcontent(s); substance
- 中味なかみcontents, interior, filling
- 日中にっちゅうdaytime, broad daylight
- 熱中ねっちゅうenthusiasm, zeal, mania
- 年中ねんじゅうwhole year, always, everyday
JLPT N2 · 10 words
JLPT N1 · 12 words
- 中断ちゅうだんinterruption, suspension, break
- 心中しんじゅうdouble suicide
- 中程なかほどmiddle, midway
- 中継ちゅうけいrelay, hook-up
- 中傷ちゅうしょうslander, libel, defamation
- 中枢ちゅうすうcenter, mainstay, nucleus
- 中毒ちゅうどくpoisoning
- 中腹ちゅうふくmountain side, halfway up
- 中立ちゅうりつneutrality
- 中和ちゅうわneutralize, counteract
- 連中れんちゅうcolleagues, company, a lot
- 命中めいちゅうa hit
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 中.
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