中

Meanings

1. medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle
2. in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among
3. during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout
4. currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation)
5. middle way; moderation

Part of speech: noun, suffix

Kanji

• 中

  Meanings

  in, inside, middle, mean

  On reading

  チュウ

  Kun reading

  なか、うち、あた.る

  Strokes

  4

Example sentences

• 空気中のごく小さい粒子がガンのもとになり得る。

  Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.

  Tatoeba #179369 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ある調査によると、今日では５人中３人が外交問題には無関心のようだ。

  According to a survey, three in five people today are indifferent to foreign affairs.

  Tatoeba #229829 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• １０人中３人はビデオを持っている。

  Three out of ten persons have a video.

  Tatoeba #236029 · CC BY 2.0 FR