Memory phrase for the character: 央

央

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Meaning center, middle, to beg

Pronunciation

yāng

Explanation

Top: yoke 冂, below: big 大

Mnemonic
 
The yoke on the shoulders of the big person is centered.

Radicals

央 center, middleA big 大 person with a yoke 冂 that is central. Similar to 夬 which is understood as an "incomplete center".
大 big, huge
冂 comprise, down box
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 Vocabulary

中央 zhōng yāng  central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
中央委员会 zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì  Central Committee
中央集权 zhōng yāng jí quán  centralized state power
中共中央 Zhōng gòng zhōng yāng  Chinese Communist Party Central Committee
中共中央 Zhōng gòng zhōng yāng  

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