央 yāng center

源How it came to be

A person with a yoke or collar across the neck, sitting exactly halfway along it. The figure is not the point; where the crossbar meets it is, and that is the middle.

用How it is used

• Bound morpheme 'center' - chiefly 中央 (zhōngyāng) the center / central authorities: 中央政府 (zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ) central government.
• Verb sense 'to beg/plead': 央求 (yāngqiú) to earnestly implore. 夜未央 (yè wèi yāng) = the night is not yet over (literary).

字Characters built with 央

• 映 to project
• 英 petal
• 殃 misfortune
• 秧 shoots

词Words with 央

• 中央zhōngyāngcentralHSK 6