央

Information about character(s)

Radical: 大
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yāng, yīng
Cantonese: joeng1
JapaneseKun: NAKABA
JapaneseOn: OU
Korean: ANG
Vietnamese: ương

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: center, conclude, run out; beg

CE-Dict: beg/center

Soothill: The middle, medial: to solicit; ample, vast.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to entreat
2.center

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: jansky - 天物
Jy - 天物

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: center; end; entreat

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: center; end; entreat

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《冂部》央中央也。从大在冂之內。大，人也。央㫄同意。一曰久也。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【大字部】央
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤於良切，音秧。中也。【詩·秦風】宛在水中央。【淮南子·天文訓】中央爲都。【地形訓】中央四達，風氣之所通，雨露之所會也。　又半也。【詩·小雅】夜如何其，夜未央。【上官儀詩】明月樓中夜未央。　又盡也。【漢武帝·李夫人賦】惜蕃華之未央。　又廣也。【司馬相如·長門賦】覽曲臺之央央。　又未央，漢宮名，在長安。　又於京切，音英。旗斿貌。【詩·小雅】旂旐央央。　又鮮明貌。【詩·小雅】白旆央央。　【說文】从大，在冂之內。【徐曰】从大，取其正中，會意。

Buddhism words and phrases middle, center

CF-Dict: supplier/demander/centre/milieu

Han-De-Dict: Zentrum (u.E.) (S)/bitten, betteln, etwas erbitten (u.E.) (V)