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中 means 'middle'

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Strokes : 4    Frequency: 8   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-1    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 1    Beginner lesson: 3   Begins 670 words   Used in 1234 words   Used in 9921 names   Component in 536 kanji (34 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   チュウ   ジュウ
Kun
   なか middle
Additional readings
Kun    うち   あたる
Name    あたる   かなえ
Components
⿻  口 mouth  丨 stick  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 中 is used 87 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 中 is used 1195 times, read 5 ways.
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チュウ : 1018 words FIND ALL
ち ゅ う が く せ い 3 ち ゅ う が く せ い 4
noun
junior high school student; middle school pupil
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ジュウ : 31 words FIND ALL
ね ん じ ゅ う 1
noun
1. whole year; all year round; throughout the year
2. always; all the time  (this meaning is restricted to reading ねんじゅう, ねんぢゅう)
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なか : 133 words FIND ALL
な か 1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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うち : 5 words FIND ALL
expression, noun
one's mind
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あたる : 8 words FIND ALL
し ょ く あ た り 3 し ょ く あ た り 0
noun
food poisoning
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An additional 1 less common words include 中 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 26 (originally: 55)  Joy o' Kanji : 55  Key to Kanji: 734 

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中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
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