Japanese symbol for “mountainside”
中腹
ちゅうふく
Romaji: chuufuku
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
In Japanese, mountainside is 中腹, read ちゅうふく (chuufuku).
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Meanings
- n halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “mountainside”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山腹 | さんぷく sanpuku | hillside; mountainside |
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 |
| 空腹 | くうふく kuufuku | empty stomach; hunger |
| 満腹 | まんぷく manpuku | full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill |
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.