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Kanji Detail for 央 - "center, middle, harmony"

  • Meaning

    央 means "center, middle, harmony."

    1. Center - The middle; the midpoint.

    2. Middle - Halfway; in between two ends.

    3. Harmonious - Voices blending in harmony.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    center; middle

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    center, conclude, run out; beg

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    center; end; to beg; to plead

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    central; to beg; to run out

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Center. Such as 中央. | Half. (Book of Odes) "How is the night? The night is not yet half done." Meaning not yet midnight. | Sometimes used as a word for request. Such as the colloquial 央人作保 (asking someone to be a guarantor).
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Sentences including

  • We sat in the center of the room.

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