Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

919 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: go-between, relationship

Kunyomi: なか

Onyomi: チュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

介者(ちゅうかいしゃ)   mediator, go-between

裁人(ちゅうさいにん)   arbitrator, mediator

介する(ちゅうかいする)   mediate, intercede

裁する(ちゅうさいする)   arbitrate, mediate

(なか)   relation, relationship

間(なかま)   friend, fellow, companion

居(なかい)   waitress

買人(なかがいにん)   broker, middleman

立ち(なかだち)   mediation, mediator, agent

直りする(なかなおりする)   reconcile, make peace

*人(なこうど)   matchmaker (for marriages)

Onyomi Examples

中核 チュウカク kernel, core, nucleus, center, centre

チュウカイ agency, intermediation

保革伯 ホカクハクチュウ conservatives and reformists being neck and neck, balanced conservative and progressive strengths

勢力伯 セイリョクハクチュウ (the two sides) being evenly-matched in influence or power

Kunyomi Examples

なか relation, relationship

なかま companion, fellow, friend, mate, comrade, partner, colleague, coworker, associate, group, company, circle, set, gang, member of the same category (family, class)

ふなか discord, (on) bad terms (with)

犬猿の けんえんのなか like cats and dogs, (on) very bad terms, relationship of dogs and monkeys