中
中 — jung
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 가운데 중
- Romanization
- jung
- English
- central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
- Mandarin
- zhōng
- Japanese on'yomi
- チュウ, チュ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- なか うち あた.る
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #11 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 (2, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+4E2D
Parts that make up 中
Korean example words with 中
- 궁중宮中 Korean gloss: 대궐 안
- 금중禁中 Korean gloss: 대궐 안
- 동중洞中 Korean gloss: 동네 안
- 복중腹中 Korean gloss: 배의 속
- 사중寺中 Korean gloss: 절의 안
- 산중山中 Korean gloss: 산의 속
- 선중船中 Korean gloss: 배의 안
- 수중手中 Korean gloss: 손의 안
- 안중眼中 Korean gloss: 눈의 안
- 작중作中 Korean gloss: 작품 속
- 중야中夜 Korean gloss: 깊은 밤
- 촌중村中 Korean gloss: 온 마을
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 中
- 中央ちゅうおう centre; center; middle
- 中心ちゅうしん center; centre; middle
- 中国ちゅうごく China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country
- 中間ちゅうかん middle; midway; halfway
- 途中とちゅう on the way; en route; in the middle of
- 中東ちゅうとう Middle East
- 集中しゅうちゅう concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.)
- 中学ちゅうがく junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
- 中止ちゅうし interruption; discontinuance; suspension
- 中学生ちゅうがくせい junior high school student; middle school pupil
- 中堅ちゅうけん nucleus; backbone; mainstay
- 日中にっちゅう daytime; during the day; Japan and China
Characters sharing the phonetic 中
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “충” in Korean.
Other hanja read “중”
Other hanja with radical 丨
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