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央 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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央 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

央 Stroke Order — How to Write 央

Stroke Order

央 is written in 5 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 大, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

央 Radical and Character Components

Components:冂大

Radical: 大 + 2 more strokes

央 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • yāng

Meanings of 央 in Chinese

1

yāng央

Center; central part; in the middle of.
小狗跑到了舞台中央。
The puppy ran to the center of the stage.
To beg; to implore; to plead.
我央求他帮我一个忙。
I begged him to do me a favor.
To finish; to come to an end; to be exhausted. Often used in literary contexts in the phrase '未央' (wèi yāng) meaning 'not yet ended or finished'.
曲未央，人未散。
The song has not yet ended, and the people have not dispersed.

Common Words and Phrases with 央

1
yāng央gào告
Beg; implore; plead earnestly.
他央告老师多给他几天时间完成作业。
He pleaded with the teacher to give him a few more days to finish the homework.
2
yāng央jí及
To plead or beg; to involve or implicate.
他央及老师多给一次机会。
He begged the teacher for one more chance.
3
yāng央qiú求
To ask earnestly; to beg or plead humbly and desperately.
她央求经理再给她一个机会证明自己。
She implored the manager to give her another chance to prove herself.
4
yāng央tuō托
to request someone's help; to entreat
为了让项目按时完成，他央托了几个同事周末加班。
To ensure the project was completed on time, he earnestly requested several colleagues to work overtime on the weekend.
5
yāng央zhōng中
To ask someone to act as a middleman or intermediary, especially in old official documents.
两家商铺因货物纠纷，便央中了一位公证人来居间调停
Two shops, in a dispute over goods, requested a notary public to act as an intermediary for mediation.

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Questions about 央

What does 央 mean in Chinese?

央 (yāng) means “Center” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 央?

央 is pronounced yāng in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 央 have?

央 has 5 strokes.

How do you write 央?

央 is written in 5 strokes, starting from the radical 大. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 央?

The radical of 央 is 大.