The kanji 内: meaning, readings and stroke order

内

Meaning: inside
On reading: ナイ nai、ダイ* dai
Kun reading: うち uchi
Strokes: 4
Radical: 冂 open country
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bên trong (nội)
Japanese: うち。なか。
Korean: 안 (내)
Chinese: 里面

Readings, words and example sentences

ナイ nai · on reading

校こう内ない
inside the school
校こう内ないを走ってはいけません。
No running inside the school.

うち uchi · kun reading

内うち
inside
白い線の 内うちがわに立ちます。
I stand inside the white line.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.