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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: 冂 人 入

内

Radical

Radical: 冂

Reading: けいがまえ

Meaning: open country

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

内容(ないよう)   content

内部(ないぶ)   interior

内科(ないか)   internal medicine

内面(ないめん)   internal (e.g. personality)

家内(かない)   my wife

国内(こくない)   domestic (vs. international)

以内(いない)   within

案内する(あんないする)   guide

内側(うちがわ)   inside

内気な(うちきな)   shy

Onyomi Examples

内 (ナイ) within ..., inside ...

内科 (ナイカ) internal medicine, department of internal medicine

党内 (トウナイ) party-internal, within the party

校内 (コウナイ) within a school

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

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

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

海内 (カイダイ) the whole country

Kunyomi Examples

内 (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

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

幕内 (まくうち) makuuchi, top division (of professional sumo)

お家 (おうち) your home, your family, their home, their family, (my) home

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