Inside

by Nao

naka, chū, jū

The inside of something is “something no naka.” For example, the inside of a box is hako no naka. Hako is a box. No is joshi (a particle). We use the particle, no, to combine two nouns. The latter belongs to the former.

The center is chūshin or chūō. Both shin and ō mean the center. Be careful not to write chūshin in the wrong order, shinjū, which means to commit suicide together.

Chūshi is cancellation. Shi means to quit. Chūdoku is addiction. Doku means poison.

Nicchū is the daytime. Including the same characters, both chūnichi and nicchū mean China and Japan. China is Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku. We call it Chūgoku for short. Goku means a country.

Draw the rectangle first.

1. Draw the vertical stroke on the left.
2. Draw the upper horizontal line and the right side of the rectangle. The horizontal part is narrower than the vertical part. When you change the direction of the brush, stop shortly and put down some more part of the brush to make the line bolder.
3. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
4. Draw the vertical line in the middle.

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