集中

しゅうちゅう

concentration, convergence

Mnemonic

Everything gathered into the middle of one thing with nothing left over for anything else. A shoe しゅう and the same chew ちゅう as 中心. Books open, phone in a drawer: しゅうちゅう.

Built from

集

gather

隹 small bird + 木 tree

中

inside, middle

A single line driven through the centre of a box.

Words sharing these kanji

集まる to gather, to be collected 集める to gather, to collect 中 inside, middle 背中 back 途中 on the way, half way 連中 party, this bunch 中身 content, interior 中心 center, middle 中央 center

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