熱中
ねっちゅう · necchuu · JLPT N3 · noun
enthusiasm
🔥 熱中 = heat + middle: the heat is right in the middle of you
熱 means heat or fever and 中 means inside or middle, so 熱中 is being heated up inside by something you love. It is used for getting absorbed in a hobby, as in ゲームに熱中する, to be hooked on games.
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).