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央

N2

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • center
  • middle

On'yomi (音読み)

  • オウ
Strokes
5
JLPT Level
N2
Frequency
#524
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
大#37 · big

Components

Common Words

  • 央おうSuffix
    middle, centre, center
  • 中央ちゅうおうNoun
    centre, center, middle
  • 中央集権ちゅうおうしゅうけんNoun
    centralized authoritarian rule, centralised authoritarian rule
  • 年央ねんおうNoun
    mid-year, middle of the year
  • 月央げつおうNoun
    middle of the month
  • 県央けんおうNoun
    centre of a prefecture, heart of a prefecture
  • 道央どうおうNoun
    central Hokkaido
  • 震央しんおうNoun
    epicentre (of an earthquake), epicenter

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

中inちゅう、なか、うちN54 strokes県prefectureけん、かN29 strokes震quakeしん、ふるN215 strokes年yearねん、としN56 strokes月monthげつ、がつ、つきN54 strokes集gatherしゅう、あつ、つどN412 strokes

Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)