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Information of 央

Pinyinyāng

Radical

大

Strokes

5 strokes

Usage

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Definition

beg / center

央 [yāng]Definition:1. Centre; in the middle.2. To entreat; to request.3. To complete; to finish.Details:1. Centre; in the middle: 中央 (centre).2. To entreat: 央求 (entreat); 央告 (plead).3. To complete; to finish: 夜未央 (the night is not yet finished).Etymology:- Original meaning: Centre.- Character formation: Pictophonetic; the small seal character depicts something (冂) with a person (大) standing in the middle.Synonyms:1. Same as the original meaning ([En.] centre).2. Also refers to "disaster" (通“殃”): 灾祸 ([En.] disaster).Examples and References:- 《说文》: 央，中央也 (In the Shuowen: ‘Central’).- 《诗·秦风·蒹葭》: 宛在水中央 (In the Book of Songs: ‘Just in the middle of the water’).- 《礼记·月令》: 中央土 (In the Book of Rites: ‘Central soil’).- 《管子》: 方六里，名之曰社，有邑焉，名之曰央 (In Guanzi: ‘Six miles square, called She, and there is a town called Central’).Meaning as an Adjective:1. Far; distant ([En.] far).Example:- 央央 (vast).Meaning as a Verb:1. To entreat; to request ([En.] entreat).Examples:- 央烦 (to request someone’s trouble; a polite way to ask someone for help).- 央请 (to request; to solicit).

中央委员 zhōng yāng wěi yuán

central committee member / Member of the Central Committee

中央集权 zhōng yāng jí quán

centralized state power

央视 Yāng shì

China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[Zhong1 guo2 Zhong1 yang1 Dian4 shi4 tai2]

央行 yāng háng

central bank

中央革命根据地 zhōng yāng gé mìng gēn jù dì

Central Revolutionary Base

央求 yāng qiú

to implore / to plead / to ask earnestly

中央 zhōng yāng

central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state)

Input Method for 央

Pinyinyang1

Wubi

mdi

Cangjie

lbk

Zhengma

ldgd

Four Corner

50800

Unicode

U+592e

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