The kanji 央: meaning, readings and stroke order

央

Meaning: center
On reading: オウ ou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 5
Radical: 大 big, very
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chính giữa (ương)
Japanese: まんなか。
Korean: 한가운데 (앙)
Chinese: 中央、中间

Readings, words and example sentences

オウ ou · on reading

中ちゅう央おう
center, middle
町の 中ちゅう央おうに大きな公園があります。
There is a big park in the middle of the town.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.