中 — middle, inside, center

なか中 middle

なか

U+4E2D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #11 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #39 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

middle
inside
center

Readings

On'yomi: ちゅう chuu
Kun'yomi: なか naka うち uchi あた ata

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なか naka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

中(なか) naka inside 田(た) 中(なか) tanaka Tanaka (surname) 中(なか) 村(むら) nakamura Nakamura (surname) 中(なか) 田(た) nakata Nakata (surname) 中(なか) 川(がわ) nakagawa Nakagawa (surname/place) 中(なか) 山(やま) nakayama Nakayama (surname/place name) 竹(たけ) 中(なか) takenaka Takenaka (surname) 中(なか) でも nakademo among others

ちゅう chuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

中(ちゅう) 学(がく) chuugaku middle school 中(ちゅう) 小(しょう) chuushou small and medium 中(ちゅう) 学(がく) 生(せい) chuugakusei middle school student 中(ちゅう) 学(がっ) 校(こう) chuugakkou middle school 日(にっ) 中(ちゅう) nicchuu daytime 中(ちゅう) 立(りつ) chuuritsu neutrality 中(ちゅう) 年(ねん) chuunen middle age 山(さん) 中(ちゅう) sanchuu in the mountains

じゅう juu

一(いち) 日(にち) 中(じゅう) ichinichijuu all day long 年(ねん) 中(じゅう) nenjuu all year round 一(いち) 年(ねん) 中(じゅう) ichinenjuu all year round 心(しん) 中(じゅう) shinjuu double suicide 間(あいだ) 中(じゅう) aidajuu during 世(せ) 界(かい) 中(じゅう) sekaijuu all over the world 年(ねん) 中(じゅう) 無(む) 休(きゅう) nenjuumukyuu open every day of the year 一(ひと) 晩(ばん) 中(じゅう) hitobanjuu all night long

Words by frequency and grade

142 words

Each dot is a word containing 中: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 67 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

井の中の蛙、大海を知らず諺

the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean

十中八九四字熟語

ten middle, eight nine

Stroke order

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Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

Used as component in (7)

なか仲 go-between き貴 precious ちゅう忠 loyalty つかう遣 dispatch おき沖 open sea くし串 spit ちゅう衷 inmost

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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