Japanese symbol for “folks”

連中

れんちゅう

Romaji: renchuu

company; lot; people; bunch

In Japanese, folks is 連中, read れんちゅう (renchuu).

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Meanings

n company; lot; people; bunch; gang; pack
n troupe; company (of musicians)

Written forms: 連中. Readings: れんちゅう、れんじゅう、れんぢゅう.

Kanji and stroke order

連

take along, lead, join

on: レン
kun: つら.なる、つら.ねる、つ.れる、-づ.れ

10 strokes · JLPT 2

中

in, inside, middle

on: チュウ
kun: なか、うち、あた.る

4 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
連絡	れんらく renraku	contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch
関連	かんれん kanren	relation; connection; relevance
連続	れんぞく renzoku	continuation; succession; series
連合	れんごう rengou	union; combination; alliance
連邦	れんぽう renpou	federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth
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

See also: Chinese symbol for “folks”.

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.