EntryJLPT N2
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    busy (phone)

    これで30分もお話中です。
    The line has been busy for 30 minutes now.
  2. in talks; discussion underway

Also written 話中【はなしちゅう】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tale, talk

Kun
はな.すはなし
On
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
134 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-7-6SKIP code
7a6.8The Kanji Dictionary
0266.4Four corner code
3077deroo
8a71Unicode hex code
1-47-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4358Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5608New Nelson (John Haig)
1527New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1027Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1388Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
344Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
368Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
133A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
180Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35441Morohashi
221A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
238Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
238Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151sakade
86Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
240henshall3
229Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
125crowley
178Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.2busy_people
1684Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
350Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hua4Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level
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