内

See also: 內, 贝, and 肉

内	U+5185, 内 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5185

← 冄
[U+5184]

CJK Unified Ideographs

円 →
[U+5186]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

内 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人月 (OB) or 難人月 (XOB), composition ⿻冂人)

Derived characters

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 128, character 35
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1512
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 97, character 2
Unihan data for U+5185

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 内
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Simplified from 內. Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 入 (“to enter”) + semantic 冂 (“house”). It originally conveyed the meaning of "to bring into the house," and by extension, came to mean "inside" or "within."^[1]

References

^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 内 – see 內 (“inside; interior; internal; inner; room; inner room; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 內).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	内
Kyūjitai	內

Kanji

内

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 內)

Readings

From Middle Chinese 內 (MC nwojH, “inside, between”):

From Middle Chinese 內 (MC nop, “to enter”):

Go-on: のう (nō)^{←なふ (nafu, historical)}、のう (nō)^{←のふ (nofu, historical)}
Kan-on: どう (dō)^{←だふ (dafu, historical)}
Kun: いれる (ireru, 内れる)

Native 名乗り (nanori) readings:

Nanori: ただ (tada)、ちか (chika)、のち (nochi)、のぶ (nobu)、はる (haru)、まさ (masa)、みつ (mitsu)

Compounds

内障(そこひ) (sokohi)
内匠(たくみ) (takumi)
河内(ハノイ) (Hanoi)
室内(しつない) (shitsunai)
管内(かんない) (kannai)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
内
うち Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
內 (kyūjitai) 中

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *utui. Doublet of 家(うち) (uchi).

Pronunciation 1

(Tokyo) うち [ùchí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

内(うち) • (uchi)

the inside, within (a physical location)
Antonym: 外 (soto)

福(ふく)は内(うち)鬼(おに)は外(そと) ― fuku wa uchi oni wa soto ― Good fortune in, evil spirits out(said in the 豆撒き (mame maki, “bean scattering”) of Setsubun)
something between, among
料(りょう)理(り)のうちに入(はい)らない ― ryōri no uchi ni hairanai ― does not count as cooking(literally, “does not enter the inside of cooking”)

謝(あやま)った内(うち)に入(はい)らない ― ayamatta uchi ni hairanai ― does not count as apology
something while, during, inside or within a span of time
若(わか)い内(うち)に世(せ)界(かい)を旅(りょ)行(こう)した方(ほう)がいい。 ― wakai uchi ni sekai o ryokō shita hō ga ii. ― You should travel the world while you’re young.

するならいまの内(うち)。 ― suru nara ima no uchi. ― If you're going to do it, do it now.
(when used possessively) one’s own, my, our
内(うち)の会(かい)社(しゃ) ― uchi no kaisha ― our company
- 1996 September 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “５×４Ｐ　第1話　お茶をにごす [5×4P Chapter 1: Tea-Bragging]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 104:
  
  あ———
  A———
  Ah—
  どうしたの　サチコ？
  Dōshita no Sachiko?
  What is it, Sachiko?
  思(おも)い出(だ)した。うちのお父(とう)さんだわ、あの人(ひと)——
  Omoidashita. Uchi no otō-san da wa, ano hito——
  I remember now. That guy over there— is my father
  あ——
  A——
  Oh—
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Derived terms

内(うち)内(うち) (uchiuchi)
この内(うち) (kono uchi)
その内(うち) (sono uchi)
内(うち)池(いけ) (uchīke)
内(うち)祝(いわ)い (uchīwai)
空(うつお) (utsuo)
内(うち)隠(かく)し (uchikakushi)
内(うち)貸(が)し (uchigashi)
内(うち)兜(かぶと) (uchikabuto)
内(うち)借(が)り (uchigari)
内(うち)側(がわ) (uchigawa)
内(うち)勘(かん)定(じょう) (uchikanjō)
内(うち)気(き) (uchiki)
内(うち)着(ぎ) (uchigi)
内(うち)金(きん) (uchikin)
内(うち)倉(ぐら) (uchigura)
内(うち)踝(くるぶし) (uchikurubushi)
内(うち)芸(げい)者(しゃ) (uchigeisha)
内(うち)玄(げん)関(かん) (uchigenkan)
内(うち)ゲバ (uchigeba)
内(うち)沙(ざ)汰(た) (uchizata)
内(うち)俵(だわら) (uchidawara)
内(うち)弟子(でし) (uchideshi)
内(うち)中(なか) (uchinaka)
内(うち)法(のり) (uchinori)
内(うち)払(ばら)い (uchibarai)
内(うち)張(ば)り (uchibari)
内(うち)開(びら)き (uchibiraki)
内(うち)懐(ぶところ) (uchibutokoro)
内(うち)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (uchiburo)
内(うち)弁(べん)慶(けい) (uchibenkei)
内(うち)ポケット (uchi poketto)
内(うち)孫(まご) (uchimago)
内(うち)堀(ぼり) (uchibori)
内(うち)幕(まく) (uchimaku)
内(うち)股(また) (uchimata)
内(うち)回(まわ)り (uchimawari)
内(うち)股(もも) (uchimomo)
内(うち)湯(ゆ) (uchiyu)
内(うち)輪(わ) (uchiwa)
内(うち)枠(わく) (uchiwaku)
内(うち)訳(わけ) (uchiwake)
内(うち)渡(わた)し (uchiwatashi)
内(うち)鰐(わに) (uchiwani)
河内(かわち) (Kawachi)
竹(たけ)内(うち) (takeuchi)
武(たけ)内(うち) (takeuchi)
手(て)の内(うち) (te no uchi)
仲(なか)間(ま)内(うち) (nakamauchi)
幕(まく)内(うち) (makūchi)
松(まつ)の内(うち) (matsu no uchi)
身(み)内(うち) (miuchi)
嫌(いや)よ嫌(いや)よも好(す)きのうち (iya yo iya yo mo suki no uchi)

Pronunciation 2

(Tokyo) うち [úꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Pronoun

内(うち) • (uchi)

(informal, women's speech) I, me

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
内
ない Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
內 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 內 (MC nwojH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ない [náꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [na̠i]

Noun

内(ない) • (nai)

the inside or middle (of something)
Synonym: 奥 (oku)

Antonym: 外 (gai)
(Buddhism) Buddhist teachings on the inner self or ego, as opposed to non-Buddhist ones
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Affix

内(ない) • (nai)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
内
だい Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
內 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 內 (MC nwojH).

Affix

内(だい) • (dai)

inside, interior, inner
imperial court

Derived terms

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“内”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

内 (eumhun 안 내 (an nae))

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Etymology 2

Hanja

内 (eumhun 들일 납 (deuril nap))

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Kyakala

Etymology

Cognate with Manchu ᠨᠣᡶᡳ (nofi, “people”)

Noun

内 (neisu)

people

References

Andreas Hölzl (2019), “A wedding ceremony of the Kyakala in China: Language and ritual”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction‎^[2], volume 16, page 133

Vietnamese

Han character

内: Hán Nôm readings: nội, nói, nỗi, nòi, nụi, nồi

alternative form of 內

Compounds

[1] Digital Shinjigen 2017

[SMK7-2] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[2]

First-person pronouns by elementary school pupils (2008)
Speaker	Situation	1	2	3
Female	To friends	うち (uchi) 49%	First name 26%	あたし (atashi) 15%
	In the family	First name 33%	あたし (atashi) 29%	うち (uchi) 23%
	In a class	わたし (watashi) 86%	あたし (atashi) 7%	うち (uchi) 6%
	To an unknown visitor	わたし (watashi) 75%	あたし (atashi), first name, うち (uchi) 8% each
	To the class teacher	わたし (watashi) 66%	First name 13%	あたし (atashi) 9%
Male	To friends	おれ (ore) 72%	ぼく (boku) 19%	First name 4%
	In the family	おれ (ore) 62%	ぼく (boku) 23%	うち (uchi) 6%
	In a class	ぼく (boku) 85%	おれ (ore) 13%	First name, nickname 1% each
	To an unknown visitor	ぼく (boku) 64%	おれ (ore) 26%	First name 4%
	To the class teacher	ぼく (boku) 67%	おれ (ore) 27%	First name 3%

First-person pronouns by university students (2009)
Speaker	Situation	1	2	3
Female	To friends	うち (uchi) 39%	あたし (atashi) 30%	わたし (watashi) 22%
	In the family	あたし (atashi) 28%	First name 27%	うち (uchi) 18%
	In a class	わたし (watashi) 89%	あたし (atashi) 7%	自分(じぶん) (jibun) 3%
	To an unknown visitor	わたし (watashi) 81%	あたし (atashi) 10%	自分(じぶん) (jibun) 6%
	To the class teacher	わたし (watashi) 77%	あたし (atashi) 17%	自分(じぶん) (jibun) 7%
Male	To friends	おれ (ore) 87%	うち (uchi) 4%	わたし (watashi), 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 2% each
	In the family	おれ (ore) 88%	ぼく (boku), 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 5% each
	In a class	わたし (watashi) 48%	自分(じぶん) (jibun) 28%	ぼく (boku) 22%
	To an unknown visitor	ぼく (boku) 36%	自分(じぶん) (jibun) 29%	わたし (watashi) 22%
	To the class teacher	自分(じぶん) (jibun) 38%	ぼく (boku) 29%	わたし (watashi) 22%