仲
go-between, relationship
Readings
On'yomi
- チュウ
Kun'yomi
- なか
Nanori
- ちゅん
- つづき
- なかつ
Meaning
仲 centers on the space or connection between people: a go-between who mediates, or the relationship itself that links individuals.
Most common words using 仲
20 of 103- 仲間なかまN3
companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate
- 仲なかN3
relation; relationship
- 仲良くなかよくN1
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
- 仲介ちゅうかいN1
agency; intermediation
- 仲良しなかよしN3
close friendship; close friend; good friend; bosom buddy; chum; pal
- 仲居なかい
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
- 仲直りなかなおりN3
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
- 仲間入りなかまいり
joining (a group); becoming a member (of); joining the ranks (of)
- 仲裁ちゅうさいN1
arbitration; intercession; mediation
- 不仲ふなか
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
- 仲人なこうどN1
matchmaker
- 仲いいなかいい
close; intimate; on good terms
- 恋仲こいなか
being in love with each other
- 仲間はずれなかまはずれN2
being left out; being ostracized
- 仲違いなかたがい
falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms
- 仲間割れなかまわれ
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
- 仲買人なかがいにん
broker; jobber
- 仲立ちなかだち
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
- 仲見世なかみせ
nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
- 伯仲はくちゅう
being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; being well contested
Study
Etymology
仲 combines 亻 (person) with 中 (middle), suggesting a person who stands in the middle or mediates between others.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 standing in the middle 中 acts as a go-between, forming the relationship between two sides.
Reading mnemonic
For チュウ, picture a mediator choosing (チュウ sounds like 'choose') the best path between two people: choose -> チュウ, and the person in the middle makes the choice.