央(yāng)

HSK 55 strokes

center

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Character information

Pinyin
yāng
Meaning
center; end; to beg; to plead
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 央 comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿻冂大

Made of

冂jiōng大dà

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 央 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 央

Common words using 央 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhōng中yāng央
HSK 5

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

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jiā加yāng央

Kangar city, capital of Perlis state 玻璃市[Bo1 li2 shi4], Malaysia

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yāng央zhōng中

to ask for mediation; to request sb to act as a go-between

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zhōng中yāng央zhèng政fǔ府

central government

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zhōng中yāng央jūn军wěi委

Central Military Committee (CMC)

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zhōng中yāng央bāng邦

Madhya Pradesh, central Indian state

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zhōng中yāng央jí集quán权

centralized state power

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yāng央qǐ企

centrally-managed state-owned enterprise (PRC), abbr. for 中央企业

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中加政府军委邦集

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