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央

央 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

不詳。強い根拠があるわけではないが、首枷を付けられた人を象る象形文字という解釈が定説。「わざわい」を意味する漢語｛殃｝を表す字。のち仮借して「まんなか」を意味する漢語｛央｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

center, middle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オウElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • あきら
  • え
  • お
  • さと
  • ちか
  • てる
  • なか
  • ひさ
  • ひろ
  • や
Other languages
  • 拼音yang1
  • 한글ang
  • Hán-ViệtƯơng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
女(おんな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+592E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻人𠀃

Words using this kanji

  • 央おうmiddle, centre, center

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-5-4
Four Corner
5003.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a5.33
Heisig
1877
Nelson
86