Japanese symbol for “centerline”
中央線
ちゅうおうせん
Romaji: chuuousen
centerline (road); center line
In Japanese, centerline is 中央線, read ちゅうおうせん (chuuousen).
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Meanings
- n centerline (road); center line
- n Chuō Line (central railway line in Tokyo)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “centerline”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| センターライン | センターライン sentaarain | centerline (line that bisects a plane figure); centreline; center line |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中心 | ちゅうしん chuushin | center; centre; middle |
| 途中 | とちゅう tochuu | on the way; en route |
| 中央 | ちゅうおう chuuou | centre; center; middle |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう shuuchuu | concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention |
| 中止 | ちゅうし chuushi | interruption; discontinuance; suspension |
| 中身 | なかみ nakami | contents; interior; filling |
| 中央大学 | ちゅうおうだいがく chuuoudaigaku | Chuo University |
| 中央公論 | ちゅうおうこうろん chuuoukouron | Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine) |
| 新幹線 | しんかんせん shinkansen | Shinkansen; bullet train |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.