央
See also: 中
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Translingual
Han character
央 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中月大 (LBK), four-corner 50030, composition ⿻冂大 or ⿻𠀃人)
Derived characters
- 佒, 坱, 抰, 咉, 岟, 泱, 㹧, 怏, 姎, 柍, 殃, 映, 胦, 炴, 眏, 䄃, 秧, 䘧, 紻, 軮, 詇, 𧲱, 鉠 (𫓭), 鞅, 䬬, 駚 (𩧫), 䱀
- 㿮, 䒋, 英, 䇦, 雵, 𦁾, 㼜, 盎, 𩢥, 鴦 (鸯)
References
- KangXi: page 249, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5840
- Dae Jaweon: page 508, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 524, character 6
- Unihan data for U+592E
Chinese
trad. | 央 | |
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simp. # | 央 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 央 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Characters in the same phonetic series (央) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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鴦 | *qaːŋ, *qaŋ |
佒 | *qaːŋ |
咉 | *qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ |
眏 | *qaːŋ |
姎 | *qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ |
坱 | *qaːŋʔ |
映 | *qaːŋʔ, *qraŋs |
泱 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaŋ |
盎 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs |
駚 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaŋʔ |
軮 | *qaːŋʔ |
醠 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs |
央 | *qaŋ |
秧 | *qaŋ, *qaŋʔ |
殃 | *qaŋ |
鞅 | *qaŋ, *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs |
鉠 | *qaŋ, *qraŋ |
雵 | *qaŋ |
胦 | *qaŋ, *qroːŋ |
柍 | *qaŋʔ |
詇 | *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs, *qraŋs |
岟 | *qaŋʔ |
炴 | *qaŋʔ |
怏 | *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs |
紻 | *qaŋʔ |
英 | *qraŋ |
瑛 | *qraŋ |
霙 | *qraŋ |
韺 | *qraŋ |
媖 | *qraŋ |
渶 | *qraŋ |
鶧 | *qraŋ |
楧 | *qraŋ |
暎 | *qraŋs |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 大 (“man”) + 冂 (“pole”) - a man carrying a pole with its middle on his shoulder.
Etymology
於 (OC ʔa) plus terminative suffix *-ŋ, hence literally "to get to be in the middle" (Schuessler, 2007). See 於 (OC ʔa) for further etymology.
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
央
- center; middle
- to end; to finish
- to beg; to plead; to implore
- (alt. form 殃) calamity; disaster
- a surname
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
央
- †Only used in 央央.
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
央
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: おう (ō, Jōyō); よう (yō)
- Kan-on: よう (yō); えい (ei)
- Kun: なかば (nakaba, 央ば)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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央 |
おう Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 央 (MC ʔɨɐŋ).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- IPA(key): [o̞ː]
Affix
央 • (ō) ←あう (au)?
- centre, middle
- (US) Short for 央州 (“Oregon (a state of the United States)”).
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 震央 (shin'ō)
- 中央 (chūō)
Proper noun
央 • (Ataru)
- a male given name
央 • (Ō)
- a male given name
央 • (Tōru)
- a male given name
央 • (Nakaba)
- a male given name
央 • (Hisashi)
- a male given name
央 • (Hiroshi)
- a male given name
央 • (Yō)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
央 • (ang) (hangeul 앙, revised ang, McCune–Reischauer ang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
央: Hán Nôm readings: ương, trân
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