中味
なかみ · nakami · JLPT N3 · noun
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📦🥟 中味 = middle (中 naka) + taste (味 mi): the flavour in the middle
Naka (中) means inside or middle; mi (味) means taste or flavour. So nakami is what's inside: the filling of a dumpling, or what's in a box. It's more often written 中身, middle + body, and the reading is the same.
中 — vertical stroke 丨 through enclosure 口
Pictograph of a banner or pole piercing the center of a target or territory, depicting the idea of 'middle' or 'center'. The horizontal frame represents boundaries, and the vertical line marks the central axis. The meaning extended from spatial center to 'middle, central, China' (中国, the Middle Kingdom).