Kanji: 中

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:	｜ Radical name: ぼう
Meaning:	In, inside, middle, mean, center
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 10 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	中(なか)	middle
N4	背中(せなか)	back of the body
N4	中学校(ちゅうがっこう)	junior high school, middle school
N4	途中(とちゅう)	on the way
N4	中々(なかなか)	considerably
N4	真中(まんなか)	middle
N3	最中(さいちゅう)	in the middle of
N3	集中(しゅうちゅう)	concentration, focusing the mind
N3	中(ちゅう)	inside, middle, among
N3	中央(ちゅうおう)	centre, central, center, middle
N3	中学(ちゅうがく)	middle school, junior high school
N3	中古(ちゅうこ)	(1) used, second-hand, old
N3	中止(ちゅうし)	suspension, stoppage, discontinuance, interruption
N3	中心(ちゅうしん)	center, core, heart, pivot, emphasis, balance
N3	日中(にっちゅう)	daytime, broad daylight
N3	熱中(ねっちゅう)	nuts!, enthusiasm, zeal, mania
N3	年中(ねんじゅう)	whole year, always, everyday
N3	夢中(むちゅう)	daze, (in a) trance, ecstasy, delirium, engrossment
N3	夜中(よなか)	midnight, dead of night
N3	世(よ)の中(なか)	society, the world, the times
N2	御中(おんちゅう)	and Company, Messrs.
N2	空中(くうちゅう)	sky, air
N2	中間(ちゅうかん)	middle, midway, interim
N2	中旬(ちゅうじゅん)	second third of a month
N2	中世(ちゅうせい)	Middle Ages, mediaeval times
N2	中性(ちゅうせい)	neuter gender, neutral (chem.), indifference, sterility
N2	中途(ちゅうと)	in the middle, half-way
N2	中年(ちゅうねん)	middle-aged
N2	中身(なかみ)	contents, interior, substance, filling, (sword) blade
N2	中味(なかみ)	contents, interior, substance, filling, (sword) blade
N2	中指(なかゆび)	middle finger
N2	話中(はなしちゅう)	while talking, the line is busy
N1	心中(しんじゅう)	double suicide, lovers suicide
N1	中継(ちゅうけい)	relay, hook-up
N1	中指(ちゅうし)	middle finger
N1	中傷(ちゅうしょう)	slander, libel, defamation
N1	中枢(ちゅうすう)	centre, pivot, mainstay, nucleus, backbone, central figure, pillar, key man
N1	中断(ちゅうだん)	interruption, suspension, break
N1	中(ちゅう)っ腹(ぱら)	irritated, offended
N1	中毒(ちゅうどく)	poisoning
N1	中立(ちゅうりつ)	neutrality
N1	中和(ちゅうわ)	neutralize, counteract
N1	途中(とちゅう)	on the way, en route
N1	中程(なかほど)	middle, midway
N1	真(ま)ん中(なか)	middle, centre, mid-way
N1	命中(めいちゅう)	a hit
N1	夜中(やちゅう)	all night, the whole night
N1	連中(れんじゅう)	colleagues, company, a lot