央
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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 edit
trad. | 央 | |
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simp. # | 央 |
Glyph origin edit
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 |
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/会意) : 大 (“man”) + 冂 (“pole”) - a man carrying a pole with its middle on his shoulder.
Etymology edit
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 edit
Definitions edit
央
- center; middle
- to end; to finish
- to beg; to plead; to implore
- (alt. form 殃) calamity; disaster
- a surname
Pronunciation 2 edit
Definitions edit
央
- †Only used in 央央.
Compounds edit
- 中央 (zhōngyāng)
- 中央大學/中央大学
- 中央山脈/中央山脉 (Zhōngyāng Shānmài)
- 中央政府 (zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ)
- 中央銀行/中央银行 (zhōngyāng yínháng)
- 中央集權/中央集权 (zhōngyāng jíquán)
- 中央黨部/中央党部
- 公央婆
- 夜未央
- 央中
- 央人
- 央人作伐
- 央元音 (yāngyuányīn)
- 央厄 (yāng'è)
- 央及 (yāngjí)
- 央告 (yānggào)
- 央塔克 (Yāngtǎkè)
- 央央
- 央央戧戧/央央戗戗
- 央央插插
- 央媒
- 央帶/央带
- 央戧/央戗
- 央托 (yāngtuō)
- 央求 (yāngqiú)
- 央浼
- 央浼營幹/央浼营干
- 央煩/央烦
- 央行 (yāngháng)
- 央託/央托 (yāngtuō)
- 央請/央请
- 央靠
- 念央兒/念央儿
- 投央
- 未央 (wèiyāng)
- 未央宮/未央宫 (Wèiyāng Gōng)
- 東央西告/东央西告
- 死告活央
- 無央/无央
- 長樂未央/长乐未央
- 震央 (zhènyāng)
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
央
Readings edit
Etymology edit
Kanji in this term |
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央 |
おう Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 央 (MC 'jang).
Pronunciation edit
Affix edit
Derived terms edit
Proper noun edit
- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
Korean edit
Hanja edit
央 • (ang) (hangeul 앙, revised ang, McCune–Reischauer ang)
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Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
央: Hán Nôm readings: ương, trân
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