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U+592E, 央
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-592E

[U+592D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+592F]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 37, +2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中月大 (LBK), four-corner 50030, composition or 𠀃)

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (man) + (pole) - a man carrying a pole with its middle on his shoulder.

Etymology

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(OC ʔa) plus terminative suffix *, hence literally "to get to be in the middle" (Schuessler, 2007). See (OC ʔa) for further etymology.

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • yông - literary;
  • ông - vernacular (limited, e.g. 中央).
Note:
  • iong - literary;
  • iang - literary (all sense in Zhangzhou, “to beg” in Xiamen and mainstream Taiwanese);
  • ng - vernacular (limited, e.g. 中央).

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /iɑŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /iaŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /iɑŋ²¹/
Jinan /iaŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /iaŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /iaŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /iaŋ²¹/
Xining /iɔ̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /iɑŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /iɑ̃³¹/
Ürümqi /iɑŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /iaŋ⁵⁵/
Chengdu /iaŋ⁵⁵/
Guiyang /iaŋ⁵⁵/
Kunming /iã̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /iaŋ³¹/
Hefei /iɑ̃²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /iɒ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /iɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /iɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /iã⁵³/
Suzhou /iã⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔiɑŋ³³/
Wenzhou /j̠i³³/
Hui Shexian /ia³¹/
Tunxi /iau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ian³³/
Xiangtan /ian³³/
Gan Nanchang /iɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /ioŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /oŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jœŋ⁵³/
Nanning /jœŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jœŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /iɔŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /yoŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /iɔŋ⁵⁴/
/ɔŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /iaŋ³³/
/ŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /iaŋ²³/
/o²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʔiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/ĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
joeng1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yāng yāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjang › ‹ ʔjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔaŋ/ /*ʔaŋ/
English end (v.) center (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14488
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qaŋ/

Definitions

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  1. center; middle
  2. to end; to finish
  3. to beg; to plead; to implore
  4. (alt. form ) calamity; disaster
  5. a surname

Pronunciation 2

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /iɑŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /iaŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /iɑŋ²¹/
Jinan /iaŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /iaŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /iaŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /iaŋ²¹/
Xining /iɔ̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /iɑŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /iɑ̃³¹/
Ürümqi /iɑŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /iaŋ⁵⁵/
Chengdu /iaŋ⁵⁵/
Guiyang /iaŋ⁵⁵/
Kunming /iã̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /iaŋ³¹/
Hefei /iɑ̃²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /iɒ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /iɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /iɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /iã⁵³/
Suzhou /iã⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔiɑŋ³³/
Wenzhou /j̠i³³/
Hui Shexian /ia³¹/
Tunxi /iau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ian³³/
Xiangtan /ian³³/
Gan Nanchang /iɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /ioŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /oŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jœŋ⁵³/
Nanning /jœŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jœŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /iɔŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /yoŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /iɔŋ⁵⁴/
/ɔŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /iaŋ³³/
/ŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /iaŋ²³/
/o²³/

Definitions

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  1. Only used in 央央.

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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  • Go-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)よう ()
  • Kan-on: よう ()えい (ei)
  • Kun: なかば (nakaba, 央ば)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC 'jang).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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(おう) (ōあう (au)?

  1. centre, middle
  2. (US) Short for 央州 (Oregon (a state of the United States)).

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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(あたる) (Ataru

  1. a male given name

(おう) (Ō

  1. a male given name

(とおる) (Tōru

  1. a male given name

(なかば) (Nakaba

  1. a male given name

(ひさし) (Hisashi

  1. a male given name

(ひろし) (Hiroshi

  1. a male given name

(よう) (

  1. a male given name

Korean

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Hanja

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(ang) (hangeul , revised ang, McCune–Reischauer ang)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: ương, trân

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