Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

44 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: inside, within, between, among, house, home

Kunyomi: うち

Onyomi: ナイ ダイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: けいがまえ

Meaning: open country

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

容(ないよう)   content

部(ないぶ)   interior

科(ないか)   internal medicine

面(ないめん)   internal (e.g. personality)

(かない)   my wife

(こくない)   domestic (vs. international)

(いない)   within

する(あんないする)   guide

側(うちがわ)   inside

気な(うちきな)   shy

Onyomi Examples

ナイ inside, within

ナイカ internal medicine, department of internal medicine

トウナイ on an island, on-island

コウナイ within a school

ダイリ imperial palace, festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

ナイフ Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE), Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)

ケイダイ grounds (esp. of shrines and temples), compound, churchyard, precincts

カイダイ the whole country

Kunyomi Examples

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

うちうち private, confidential, informal, secret, (within the) family circle, (on the) inside

まくうち highest-ranking division

幕の まくのうち box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables), highest-ranking division, intermission (between acts), interlude