EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 42
  1. Noun

    centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; hub; backbone; central figure; pillar; key person

    東京は今や世界経済の中枢だ。
    Tokyo is now a center of the world economy.
  2. central nervous system

    see 中枢神経系

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Characters in this word

2
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

hinge, pivot, door, center of things

Kun
とぼそ、からくり
On
スウ、シュ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1791 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4a4.22The Kanji Dictionary
4191.4Four corner code
1875deroo
67a2Unicode hex code
1-31-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2208Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2588New Nelson (John Haig)
865New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1076Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
581Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
770Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1697Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1832Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1839A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1442Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14577PMorohashi
1464A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1023Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1062Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1422Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1194Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1530Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1076Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1713Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shu1Pinyin reading
chuKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level