Keyword
in
Info
FrequencyTop 100
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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KankenLevel 10
Heisig39
Readings
なか
(52%)
Composed of
mouth
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)
Used in vocabulary (1497 in total)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
Examples (200 in total)
I'm already inside.
Stay inside.
Are you in there?