宙 — kanji meaning “mid-air”
宙
mid-air, air, space, sky, memorization, interval of time
- Meanings
- mid-air, air, space, sky, memorization, interval of time
- On'yomi
- チュウ (chuu)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- ひろ、ゆ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1005 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 40
- Chinese reading
- zhòu — Chinese character page
Words with 宙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宇宙 | うちゅう uchuu | universe; cosmos; space |
| 宙返り | ちゅうがえり chuugaeri | somersault; looping-the-loop |
| 小宇宙 | しょううちゅう shouuchuu | microcosmos; microcosm |
| 宇宙船 | うちゅうせん uchuusen | spaceship |
| 宙吊り | ちゅうづり chuuzuri | hanging in midair; suspended in midair |
| 大宇宙 | だいうちゅう daiuchuu | macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe |
| 宙乗り | ちゅうのり chuunori | midair stunt; aerial stunts |
| 宇宙開発 | うちゅうかいはつ uchuukaihatsu | space development; space exploration |
| 宇宙空間 | うちゅうくうかん uchuukuukan | (outer) space |
| 宇宙通信 | うちゅうつうしん uchuutsuushin | space communication |
| 宇宙塵 | うちゅうじん uchuujin | space dust; cosmic dust; interstellar dust |
| 宇宙研 | うちゅうけん uchuuken | space research |
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