央 — kanji meaning “center”
央
center, middle
- Meanings
- center, middle
- On'yomi
- オウ (ou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- あきら、え、お、さと、ちか、てる
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #582 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 37
- Chinese reading
- yāng — Chinese character page
Words with 央
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中央 | ちゅうおう chuuou | centre; center; middle |
| 中央大学 | ちゅうおうだいがく chuuoudaigaku | Chuo University |
| 中央公論 | ちゅうおうこうろん chuuoukouron | Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine) |
| 震央 | しんおう shin'ou | epicentre (of an earthquake); epicenter |
| 中央集権 | ちゅうおうしゅうけん chuuoushuuken | centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule |
| 年央 | ねんおう nen'ou | mid-year; middle of the year |
| 中央計画 | ちゅうおうけいかく chuuoukeikaku | centralized planning; centralised planning |
| 中央口 | ちゅうおうぐち chuuouguchi | central entrance; central exit |
| 中央政府 | ちゅうおうせいふ chuuouseifu | central government |
| 中央突破 | ちゅうおうとっぱ chuuoutoppa | central breakthrough |
| 中央部 | ちゅうおうぶ chuuoubu | centre; center; middle |
| 中央労働 | ちゅうおうろうどう chuuouroudou | Central Labor Relations Committee |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.