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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

返り(ちゅうがえり)   somersault, loop

づり(ちゅうづり)   hanging, suspended [n.]

(うちゅう)   universe, cosmos, space

飛行士(うちゅうひこうし)   astronaut

Onyomi Examples

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

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

小宇 ショウウチュウ microcosmos, microcosm

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