Chinese symbol for “central”
中央
zhōng yāng
central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for central is 中央 (zhōng yāng), defined as: central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state).
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Characters and stroke order
中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
Related words
Other words that share a character with 中央.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 中学 (中學) | zhōng xué | middle school |
| 之中 | zhī zhōng | inside; among |
| 集中 | jí zhōng | to concentrate; to centralize |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “central”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.