Kanji N2

仲: go-between, relationship

仲 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning go-between, relationship, written with 6 strokes. It is read チュウ (on) and なか (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 仲間 (なかま, companion) and 仲 (なか, relation).

仲

Meanings

  • go-between
  • relationship
Strokes6
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#919 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チュウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • なか

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 仲

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 仲間なかま

    companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade

    JLPT N3
  • 仲なか

    relation; relationship

    JLPT N3
  • 仲良しなかよし

    close friendship; close friend; good friend

    JLPT N2
  • 仲直りなかなおり

    reconciliation; making up (with)

    JLPT N2
  • 仲人ちゅうにん

    matchmaker

    JLPT N1
  • 仲介ちゅうかい

    agency; intermediation

  • 仲裁ちゅうさい

    arbitration; intercession; mediation

  • 仲良くなかよく

    on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.