漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
宙: mid-air, air
Also: space, sky, memorization, interval of time
JLPT N18 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
宀 carries the meaning · 由 gives the sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
チュウchuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 宙返りちゅうがえりsomersault, loop
- 宙づりちゅうづりhanging, suspended [n.]
- 宇宙うちゅうuniverse, cosmos, space
- 宇宙飛行士うちゅうひこうしastronaut
- 宙ちゅうspace; air; midair
- 宇宙開発うちゅうかいはつspace development; space exploration
- 宇宙空間うちゅうくうかん(outer) space
- 宇宙開発事業団うちゅうかいはつじぎょうだんNational Space Development Agency; NASDA
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
由
Also built on wherefore (由)
14 in allThe 由 family reads ユ (yu); 宙 is read チュウ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side宙 mid-air · 由
vs宣 proclaim · 亘In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhòu
Same form: 宙 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 宙 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 宙 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhòu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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