Kanji

宙

宙

mid-air, air, space, sky, memorization, interval of time

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

宀部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

チュウ

Nanori (Name Reading)

おき, そら, ひろし, みち

Common Readings

チュウ

Example sentences

宙 ちゅう
ボールが宙に舞った

The ball danced in the air.

宇宙 うちゅう
宇宙にはまだ解明されていない謎がたくさんある。

There are still many mysteries in the universe that have not been solved.

初 はつ
彼が日本初の宇宙飛行士になった

He became Japan's first astronaut.

宙に浮く ちゅうにうく
リーダーが辞職したことで、そのプロジェクトの今後が宙に浮いた。

With the leader's resignation, the future of the project was left in limbo.

宇宙人 うちゅうじん
彼は夜空を見上げながら、本当に宇宙人がいるのかと考えた。

While looking up at the night sky, he wondered if aliens really existed.

地球人 ちきゅうじん
映画の中で、宇宙人は地球人の友達になった。

In the film, the alien became friends with an Earthling.

宇宙船 うちゅうせん
宇宙船は地球の大気圏を抜けて、月へと向かった。

The spaceship left Earth's atmosphere and headed for the moon.

帰還 きかん
宇宙船は無事に地球へ帰還した。

The spacecraft returned safely to Earth.

宇宙空間 うちゅうくうかん
宇宙空間には空気がほとんどない。

There is almost no air in outer space.

真空 しんくう
宇宙空間はほぼ真空だ。

Outer space is nearly a vacuum.

Example Vocabulary

宙

ちゅう

air; space; mid-air

宇宙

うちゅう

universe; space; cosmos

宙に浮く

ちゅうにうく

to be in limbo; to be suspended; to float in midair

宇宙人

うちゅうじん

alien; extraterrestrial

宇宙船

うちゅうせん

spaceship; spacecraft

宇宙空間

うちゅうくうかん

outer space

宙返り

ちゅうがえり

somersault; loop (aerobatics)

宇宙飛行士

うちゅうひこうし

astronaut

宙ぶらりん

ちゅうぶらりん

宇宙服

うちゅうふく

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