中 – Kanji details

Keyword

Info

Frequency	Top 100
Type	Kyōiku (1st grade) ?
Kanken	Level 10
Heisig	39
Readings	なか (52%) ちゅう (36%) じゅう (6%) ぢゅう (4%)
	うちああたちゅう

Composed of

口

mouth

丨

stick

Mnemonic

A pictograph of a stick jammed in someone's mouth. Maybe a prehistoric dentist keeping his patient's mouth open...?

Used in kanji (12 in total)

noble

relationship

elephant

use (something intangible)

loyalty

be exempt

open sea

sac

Pekinese dog

some way or other

offing

purse

Used in vocabulary (1497 in total)

中なか

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

中ちゅう

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

途と中ちゅう

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

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Examples (200 in total)

もう中なかにいるよ。

I'm already inside.

中なかにいなさい。

Stay inside.

中なかにいるの？

Are you in there?

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