中“in” Kanjinaka / chū
How to write 中
Stroke order diagram for the kanji 中
Meaning and readings
Meaning
in, inside, middle, mean, center
Onyomi (音読み)
- ちゅう chū
Chinese reading
Kunyomi (訓読み)
- なか naka
- うち uchi
Japanese reading
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Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.
電車の中ですりにやられちゃったんだ。
I had my pocket picked on the train.
中 (なか)
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