center, middle

Animated Stroke Order 央

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Stroke Order Diagrams 央

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HSK Vocabulary:

HSK words that contain this character.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
yāng
qiú
ma
ràng
chū
wán

He pleaded with his mother to let him go out to play.

2
guǎng广
chǎng
wèi
chéng
shì
zhōng
yāng

The square is located in the center of the city.

3
jīng
cháng
kàn
yāng
shì
de
xīn
wén

I often watch CCTV news.

4
běi
jīng
shì
zhōng
guó
de
zhōng
yāng

Beijing is the center of China.

5
zhè
ge
gōng
yuán
de
zhōng
yāng
yǒu
pēn
quán

There is a fountain in the center of this park.

6
zhōng
yāng
zhèng
de
zhèng
duì
jīng
zhǎn
hěn
zhòng
yào

The policies of the central government are important for economic development.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes5
StructureSingle Body
Frequency#1589
Zhuyinㄧㄤ
Components
UnicodeU+592E
CangjieLBK
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality