央
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Translingual
[edit]Han character
[edit]央 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中月大 (LBK), four-corner 50030, composition ⿻冂大 or ⿻𠀃人)
Derived characters
[edit]- 佒, 坱, 抰, 咉, 岟, 泱, 㹧, 怏, 姎, 柍, 殃, 映, 胦, 炴, 眏, 䄃, 秧, 䘧, 紻, 軮, 詇, 𧲱, 鉠 (𫓭), 鞅, 䬬, 駚 (𩧫), 䱀
- 㿮, 䒋, 英, 䇦, 雵, 𦁾, 㼜, 盎, 𩢥, 鴦 (鸯)
References
[edit]- Kangxi Dictionary: page 249, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5840
- Dae Jaweon: page 508, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 524, character 6
- Unihan data for U+592E
Chinese
[edit]| trad. | 央 | |
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| simp. # | 央 | |
Glyph origin
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 鴦 | *qaːŋ, *qaŋ |
| 佒 | *qaːŋ |
| 咉 | *qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ |
| 眏 | *qaːŋ |
| 姎 | *qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ |
| 坱 | *qaːŋʔ |
| 映 | *qaːŋʔ, *qraŋs |
| 泱 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaŋ |
| 盎 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs |
| 駚 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaŋʔ |
| 軮 | *qaːŋʔ |
| 醠 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs |
| 央 | *qaŋ |
| 秧 | *qaŋ, *qaŋʔ |
| 殃 | *qaŋ |
| 鞅 | *qaŋ, *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs |
| 鉠 | *qaŋ, *qraŋ |
| 雵 | *qaŋ |
| 胦 | *qaŋ, *qroːŋ |
| 柍 | *qaŋʔ |
| 詇 | *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs, *qraŋs |
| 岟 | *qaŋʔ |
| 炴 | *qaŋʔ |
| 怏 | *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs |
| 紻 | *qaŋʔ |
| 英 | *qraŋ |
| 瑛 | *qraŋ |
| 霙 | *qraŋ |
| 韺 | *qraŋ |
| 媖 | *qraŋ |
| 渶 | *qraŋ |
| 鶧 | *qraŋ |
| 楧 | *qraŋ |
| 暎 | *qraŋs |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 大 (“man”) + 冂 (“pole”) - a man carrying a pole with its middle on his shoulder.
Etymology
[edit]於 (OC ʔa) plus terminative suffix *-ŋ, hence literally "to get to be in the middle" (Schuessler, 2007). See 於 (OC ʔa) for further etymology.
Pronunciation 1
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yông / ông
- Eastern Min (BUC): iŏng
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yang
- Wade–Giles: yang1
- Yale: yāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iang
- Palladius: ян (jan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: joeng1
- Yale: yēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: joeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: yêng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông / ông
- Hakka Romanization System: iongˊ / ongˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yong1 / ong1
- Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ²⁴/, /oŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông / ông
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iongˊ / ongˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yong1 / ong1
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ²⁴/, /oŋ²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
Note:
- yông - literary;
- ông - vernacular (limited, e.g. 中央).
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: iŏng
- Sinological IPA (key): /yoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong
- Tâi-lô: iong
- Phofsit Daibuun: iofng
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iang
- Tâi-lô: iang
- Phofsit Daibuun: iafng
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- iong - literary;
- iang - literary (all sense in Zhangzhou, “to beg” in Xiamen and mainstream Taiwanese);
- ng - vernacular (limited, e.g. 中央).
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: iang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iang
- Sinological IPA (key): /iaŋ³³/
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: 'jang
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔaŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qaŋ/
Definitions
[edit]央
- center; middle
- to end; to finish
- to beg; to plead; to implore
- (alt. form 殃) calamity; disaster
- a surname
Pronunciation 2
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ying
- Wade–Giles: ying1
- Yale: yīng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing
- Palladius: ин (in)
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Dialectal data
Definitions
[edit]央
- †Only used in 央央.
Compounds
[edit]- 中央 (zhōngyāng)
- 中央大學／中央大学
- 中央山脈／中央山脉 (Zhōngyāng Shānmài)
- 中央政府 (zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ)
- 中央銀行／中央银行 (zhōngyāng yínháng)
- 中央集權／中央集权 (zhōngyāng jíquán)
- 中央黨部／中央党部
- 公央婆
- 夜未央
- 央中
- 央人
- 央人作伐
- 央元音 (yāngyuányīn)
- 央厄 (yāng'è)
- 央及 (yāngjí)
- 央告 (yānggào)
- 央塔克 (Yāngtǎkè)
- 央央
- 央央戧戧／央央戗戗
- 央央插插
- 央媒
- 央帶／央带
- 央戧／央戗
- 央托 (yāngtuō)
- 央求 (yāngqiú)
- 央浼
- 央浼營幹／央浼营干
- 央煩／央烦
- 央行 (yāngháng)
- 央託／央托 (yāngtuō)
- 央請／央请
- 央靠
- 念央兒／念央儿
- 投央
- 未央 (wèiyāng)
- 未央宮／未央宫 (Wèiyāng Gōng)
- 東央西告／东央西告
- 死告活央
- 無央／无央
- 長樂未央／长乐未央
- 震央 (zhènyāng)
Japanese
[edit]Kanji
[edit]央
Readings
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
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| 央 |
| おう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 央 (MC 'jang).
Pronunciation
[edit]Affix
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
- a male given name
Korean
[edit]Hanja
[edit]央 • (ang) (hangeul 앙, revised ang, McCune–Reischauer ang)
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Vietnamese
[edit]Han character
[edit]央: Hán Nôm readings: ương, trân
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