EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure

  2. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    medium-level; mid-level; middle-ranking; midsize

  3. Noun

    main body (of troops); crack troops; select troops

  4. center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder

    Baseball

  5. athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.)

    see 先鋒see せんぽう・2

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

in, inside, middle, mean, center

Kun
なかうちあた.る
On
チュウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
11 of 2500
Radical
line
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

あたるかなえ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-3SKIP code
0a4.40The Kanji Dictionary
5000.6Four corner code
1655deroo
4e2dUnicode hex code
1-35-70JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
28New Nelson (John Haig)
3451New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4262Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2150Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2902Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
39Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
13A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
75Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
31Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
73Morohashi
55A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
28Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
23sakade
7Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
26henshall3
32Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
12crowley
33Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
16Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
39Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhong1, zhong4Pinyin reading
jungKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable

Kun
かた.い-がた.い
On
ケン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1049 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Used in names as

きん

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-9-3, 2-8-3SKIP code
3b9.13The Kanji Dictionary
7710.4Four corner code
3472deroo
5805Unicode hex code
1-23-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1096Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1038New Nelson (John Haig)
2823New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3502Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1805Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2457Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
853Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
917Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
914A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1796Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
995Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5210Morohashi
1217A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1289Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1363Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1155Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1513Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1228Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
356Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
861Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian1Pinyin reading
gyeonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level