央 — center, middle

おう央 center

おう

U+592E Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #582 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1877 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

center
middle

Readings

On'yomi: おう ou

word

おう ou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

中(ちゅう) 央(おう) chuuou center 中(ちゅう) 央(おう) 集(しゅう) 権(けん) chuuoushuuken centralized authoritarian rule

Words by frequency and grade

2 words

Each dot is a word containing 央: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

冂 upside-down box

おおきい大 big #37

Used as component in (2)

えい英 england うつる映 reflect

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#37 大 big