Search Kanji for chu

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dot

Meaning: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュ

in

Meaning: in; inside; middle; mean; center
Kun-yomi: なか/うち/あた.る
On-yomi: チュウ

sign of the ox or cow

Meaning: sign of the ox or cow; 1-3AM; second sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun-yomi: うし
On-yomi: チュウ

the period from 1 to 3 am

Meaning: the period from 1 to 3 am; 2nd character of the "branches"
Kun-yomi: うし
On-yomi: チュウ

a type of millet

Meaning: a type of millet; a type of herb
Kun-yomi: もちあわ/おけら
On-yomi: ジュツ/シュツ/チュツ

offing

Meaning: offing; open sea; rise high into sky
Kun-yomi: おき/おきつ/ちゅう.する/わく
On-yomi: チュウ

go-between

Meaning: go-between; relationship
Kun-yomi: なか
On-yomi: チュウ

insect

Meaning: insect; bug; temper
Kun-yomi: むし
On-yomi: チュウ/キ

discard

Meaning: discard; reject; lose
Kun-yomi: さる/なげう.つ
On-yomi: チュウ/チュ

descendent

Meaning: descendent
Kun-yomi: ちすじ/よつぎ
On-yomi: チュウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あざな
On-yomi: チュウ/チュ

green sprout

Meaning: green sprout; foolish
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン/チュン

turn

Meaning: turn; twist; wrench; seize; grasp
Kun-yomi: ねじまわ.す
On-yomi: ジュウ/ニュ/チュウ/チュ

Pekinese dog

Meaning: Pekinese dog; Japanese spaniel
Kun-yomi: ちん
On-yomi: チュウ

ill at ease

Meaning: ill at ease; distressed
Kun-yomi: うれ.える
On-yomi: チュウ/チュ/シュウ/シュ

open sea

Meaning: open sea; offing; rise high into sky
Kun-yomi: おき/おきつ/ちゅう.する/わく
On-yomi: チュウ

dwell

Meaning: dwell; reside; live; inhabit
Kun-yomi: す.む/す.まう/-ず.まい
On-yomi: ジュウ/ヂュウ/チュウ

falter

Meaning: falter; hesitate
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュン/トン

wives of one's brothers

Meaning: wives of one's brothers; sister-in-law
Kun-yomi: あいよ.め/うご.く/さわ.ぐ/いた.む
On-yomi: チュウ/ジク/ロク/トク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュツ/コツ/コチ

mid-air

Meaning: mid-air; air; space; sky; memorization; interval of time
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュウ

loyalty

Meaning: loyalty; fidelity; faithfulness
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュウ

pluck

Meaning: pluck; pull; extract; excel
Kun-yomi: ひき-
On-yomi: チュウ

pour

Meaning: pour; irrigate; shed (tears); flow into; concentrate on; notes; comment; annotate
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ/さ.す/つ.ぐ
On-yomi: チュウ

bow

Meaning: bow
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/タイ/チュウ

lean on

Meaning: lean on; post; prod; ridicule
Kun-yomi: あ.げる
On-yomi: チュ

varnish

Meaning: varnish
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュン

ligustrum sinenese

Meaning: ligustrum sinenese; tree
Kun-yomi: てかせ
On-yomi: チュウ/チュ/シュウ/ニュ

wild

Meaning: wild; mad; flurried
Kun-yomi: くる.う
On-yomi: キョウ/チュツ/シュツ

fear

Meaning: fear; be afraid; shy; timid
Kun-yomi: おそ.れる
On-yomi: チュツ/シュツ/シュチ

small cup

Meaning: small cup; small bowl
Kun-yomi: むな.しい
On-yomi: チュウ/ジュ

helmet

Meaning: helmet
Kun-yomi: かぶと/よろい
On-yomi: チュウ

to bury

Meaning: to bury
Kun-yomi: あつ.い
On-yomi: チュン/トン/タン

feudal state which existed BC 700-469, now in Shandong

Meaning: feudal state which existed BC 700-469, now in Shandong
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュ/シュ

elbow

Meaning: elbow; arm
Kun-yomi: ひじ
On-yomi: チュウ

seed

Meaning: seed; race; breed; to plant
Kun-yomi: おさない
On-yomi: チュウ

daytime

Meaning: daytime; noon
Kun-yomi: ひる
On-yomi: チュウ

pillar

Meaning: pillar; post; cylinder; support
Kun-yomi: はしら
On-yomi: チュウ

inmost

Meaning: inmost; heart; mind; inside
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュウ

harness strap

Meaning: harness strap; window
Kun-yomi: しりがい
On-yomi: チュウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たがや.す
On-yomi: チュ/チュウ/ジュウ/ユウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たてる
On-yomi: シュ/チュ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: むら.がる
On-yomi: チュウ/ジユ

beak

Meaning: beak
Kun-yomi: くちばし
On-yomi: トウ/ツ/チュウ/シュウ

howl

Meaning: howl; cry loudly
Kun-yomi: な.く
On-yomi: ドウ/チュウ/テキ/ジャク

lineage

Meaning: lineage; bloodline
Kun-yomi: かぶと/ちすじ/よつぎ
On-yomi: チュウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュツ/タツ/タチ

string

Meaning: string; cord; braid; lace; tape; strap; ribbon
Kun-yomi: ひも
On-yomi: チュウ/ジュウ

sake

Meaning: sake
Kun-yomi: かも.す
On-yomi: チュウ/チュ

raise high

Meaning: raise high; unrestrained
Kun-yomi: すぐ.れる/おろ.か/そむ.く
On-yomi: テキ/チャク/チュウ

tapeworm

Meaning: tapeworm
Kun-yomi: かいちゅう/はらのむし
On-yomi: カイ/ユウ

fly upward

Meaning: fly upward
Kun-yomi: とびあ.がる
On-yomi: チュウ/ジュ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: するど.い
On-yomi: チュウ/シュウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: のろ.う
On-yomi: シュ/チュ

glutinous variety of millet

Meaning: glutinous variety of millet
Kun-yomi: もちあわ/おけら
On-yomi: ジョツ/シュツ/チュツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: みごろ
On-yomi: チュ/シュ

bow

Meaning: bow; prow
Kun-yomi: へ/へさき/とも
On-yomi: ジク/チク/チュウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くるりや
On-yomi: チュウ/チュ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あつ.い/うごめ.く/と.む
On-yomi: シュン/チュン

daytime

Meaning: daytime; daylight
Kun-yomi: ひる
On-yomi: チュウ

grieve over

Meaning: grieve over; be disappointed
Kun-yomi: うら.む
On-yomi: チュウ

pongee (a knotted silk cloth)

Meaning: pongee (a knotted silk cloth)
Kun-yomi: つむぎ/つむ.ぐ
On-yomi: チュウ

clutch

Meaning: clutch; grasp; pull up; contradict
Kun-yomi: つか.む
On-yomi: ソツ/ソチ/チュツ/ジュチ/サイ/スイ

chirp

Meaning: chirp; twitter; twittering
Kun-yomi: たわむ.れる
On-yomi: トウ/チョウ/チュウ/シュウ

sew

Meaning: sew; stitch; insufficient
Kun-yomi: あか.い
On-yomi: チュツ/チュチ

steal

Meaning: steal
Kun-yomi: ぬす.む
On-yomi: ツ/トウ/チュウ

spider

Meaning: spider
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュ/シュ

engrave

Meaning: engrave; inlay; carve; exhaust
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョウ/チュウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュウ/シュウ/シュ

notes

Meaning: notes; comment; annotate
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュウ

the common intestinal worms

Meaning: the common intestinal worms; the tape-worm
Kun-yomi: かいちゅう
On-yomi: カイ

get thin

Meaning: get thin
Kun-yomi: や.せる
On-yomi: ソウ/チュウ/シュウ/シュ

bend

Meaning: bend; stoop; crouch; to yield
Kun-yomi: つ.まる
On-yomi: クツ/クチ/チュツ/チュチ/トツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つつ.む/つと
On-yomi: チュウ/ジュウ

kitchen

Meaning: kitchen
Kun-yomi: くりや
On-yomi: シュウ/ズ/チュ/チュウ

plate

Meaning: plate
Kun-yomi: ひめがき
On-yomi: チョウ/チュウ

standing (something) up

Meaning: standing (something) up
Kun-yomi: た.てる/た.つ/わらわ/しもべ
On-yomi: シュ/チュ/ジュウ

button

Meaning: button
Kun-yomi: ぼたん/つまみ
On-yomi: チュウ/ジュウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シュ/チュ

farmland

Meaning: farmland; arable land; category
Kun-yomi: うね/たぐい/ひと.しい
On-yomi: チュウ

intestinal worms

Meaning: intestinal worms
Kun-yomi: かいちゅう/はらのむし
On-yomi: カイ/ユウ

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