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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

1005 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: mid-air, air, space, sky, memorization, interval of time

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: チュウ

Composition: 宀 由

宙

Radical

Radical: 宀

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

宙返り(ちゅうがえり)   somersault, loop

宙づり(ちゅうづり)   hanging, suspended [n.]

宇宙(うちゅう)   universe, cosmos, space

宇宙飛行士(うちゅうひこうし)   astronaut

Onyomi Examples

宙 (チュウ) space, air, midair, (from) memory, (by) heart

宙返り (チュウガエリ) somersault, looping-the-loop

小宇宙 (ショウウチュウ) microcosmos, microcosm

大宇宙 (ダイウチュウ) macrocosmos, macrocosm, the universe, the cosmos

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