KANAE
Character · Places

中

なか nakaちゅうくらい chū kuraiむちゅう muchū

middle, inside

Composition

1234

Origin

A vertical stroke pierces the very center of an enclosed space: the middle.

In the thoughts

  1. 中位chū kuraimiddling
  2. 霧中muchūin the fog

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 017 The frog at the bottom of the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
  2. 221 A happiness about medium, I'd say — my own New Year.
  3. 245 Lost in five leagues of fog.

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