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Some scholars feel that this character came from a stylized depiction of a flagpole reinforced by a second pole, while other scholars seem to take it showing an arrow piercing the center of the target. In Chinese, it can still mean hit center, which suggests that this latter theory is correct.
A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:
on-yomi: CHUU
kun-yomi: naka uchi ata(ru)
Nanori: ataru kanae
- CHUU: center, middle (course); (golden) mean; medium, mediocrity, average; second volume (of three).
- naka: inside, interior, midst, middle, midway.
- uchi: inside, interior; house, home; within; between, among, out of; mind myself.
- chuu(suru): reach the middle; reach the height (of prosperity).
- -chuu, -juu: through, throughout, during; all over (town); within, among, in.
New Nelson: 28
Henshall: 55
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中国 (chuugoku): China; middle of a country; the area surrounding Hiroshima.
中年 (chuunen): middle age.
中学生 (chuugakusei): middle school student.
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