also: にんちゅう
in company; among people
Only with reading じんちゅう
Used to describe being in the presence of others or in a social setting. Often appears in phrases like 人中で or 人中に出る.
See also: 人中 (ひとなか)
philtrum
Anatomical term for the vertical groove between the nose and upper lip. Both じんちゅう and にんちゅう readings are used, with じんちゅう being more common.
You shouldn't talk about that in public.
He is not good at going out among people.
People with a long philtrum have a different facial impression.
Standard kanji spelling for both senses; reading じんちゅう is used for sense 1, while sense 2 can be read as either じんちゅう or にんちゅう.
Alternate reading for the anatomical sense; less common than じんちゅう.
Compound of 人 (person) and 中 (middle). The anatomical sense likely derives from the idea of the 'center of the person' on the face.