連中
れんちゅう · renchuu · JLPT N1 · noun
colleague
連 = link or accompany + 中 = inside: the group you're linked into = colleagues, a crowd
連 means to link or accompany, and 中 means inside. Renchuu is a crowd of people linked into one group, so it means colleagues, a company, or a lot of something.
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).