This kanji has kunyoumi or Japanese readings of: なか、うち、or あた, and it has an onyoumi or Chinese reading of: チュウ. This character has the meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, or centre. This character is made up of the following radicals or parts: the mouth radical くち, followed by a bisecting vertical stroke. You can remember this kanji by the following hint: Something 丨 inside a hole 口, or, because the line is in the middle it should be easy to remember as middle or centre. Our example sentence is: 私は中に入る。わたしはなかにはいる。I’m going inside.

Grade

Kun

On

Meaning

Strokes

Example Sentence

JLPT N5

なか、うち、あた

チュウ

in, inside, middle, mean, center

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私は中に入る。

わたしはなかにはいる。

I’m going inside.