央 — Chinese character
央
yāng
central; to beg; to run out
- Pinyin
- yāng
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 冂 大
- Japanese
- 央 as a kanji
Common words with 央
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中央 | zhōng yāng | central; middle |
| 中央政府 | zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ | central government |
| 央行 | yāng háng | central bank (abbr. for 中央银行 (zhōng yāng yín háng)) |
| 中央军委 (中央軍委) | zhōng yāng jūn wěi | Central Military Committee (CMC) |
| 中央银行 (中央銀行) | zhōng yāng yín háng | central bank |
| 中央集权 (中央集權) | zhōng yāng jí quán | centralized state power |
| 央企 | yāng qǐ | centrally-managed state-owned enterprise (PRC), abbr. for 中央企业 (zhōng yāng qǐ yè) |
| 震央 | zhèn yāng | earthquake epicenter (Tw) |
| 未央 | wèi yāng | (literary) not ended; not yet over |
| 央求 | yāng qiú | to implore; to plead |
| 中央空调 (中央空調) | zhōng yāng kōng tiáo | central air conditioning; (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男 (nuǎn nán), a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry) |
| 中央全会 (中央全會) | zhōng yāng quán huì | plenary session of the Central Committee |
English words written with 央
央 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi The Empire
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