Chinese Character 央 Meanings and components.

Form

央

Meaning

央 meaning[3] in English

Center.

End.

To Beg.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 央 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (冂) , and big (大)

Its radical[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with LBK

How to write 央

To write央yang1center you should write a combination of 冂jiong1radical in … , 大da4big arranged in a + shape:

冂 + 大 = 央

央 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 央 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 央, looks as follow:

央
Pinyin:yang1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Center . End . To Beg . To Plead
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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