Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

11 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: in, inside, middle, mean, center

Kunyomi: なか うち あた.る

Onyomi: チュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たてぼう

Meaning: line

Strokes: 1

Examples

Examples with audio

国(ちゅうごく)   China

年(ちゅうねん)   middle-age

学校(ちゅうがっこう)   junior high school

華料理(ちゅうかりょうり)   Chinese food

(とちゅう)   on the way

工事(こうじちゅう)   under construction

(なか)   inside

村(なかむら)   Nakamura (surname)

川(なかがわ)   Nakagawa (surname)

(たなか)   Tanaka (surname)

*体(からだじゅう)   throughout the body

*今年 に(ことしじゅうに)   within this year

Onyomi Examples

チュウ medium, average, middle, moderation, middle school, China, volume two (of three), during (a certain time when one did or is doing something), under (construction, etc.), while, in, out of, of the

チュウイ first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade

キュウチュウ imperial court

ホウチュウ visit to China

Kunyomi Examples

なか inside, interior, among, within, middle, center, centre, during, while, middle, midst, amid, interval, gap, mean, average, second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes), middle, medium grade, medium quality, red-light district

なかじま island in a pond or river

のなか in the middle of a field

そんな そんななか wherein, therein, thereinto

うち inside, within, while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of, among, amongst, (out) of, between, in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success), within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts, we, our company, our organization, one's home, one's family, my spouse, my husband, my wife, signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife, I, me, imperial palace grounds, emperor

碁打ち鳥飼い馬鹿の ごうちとりかいばかのうち go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)

此の内 このうち meanwhile, the other day, recently

当たる あたる to be hit, to strike, to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed, to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to, to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.), to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win, to be successful, to go well, to be a hit, to face, to confront, to lie (in the direction of), to undertake, to be assigned, to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted, to be called on (e.g. by a teacher), to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at, to be unnecessary, to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak, to feel a bite (in fishing), (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil, to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison), to shave, to be a relative of a person, to be a ... in relation to ..., to stand in a relationship