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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: オウ
Romaji: ou
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: あきら、え、お、さと、ちか、てる、なか、ひさ、ひろ、や
Romaji: akira, e, o, sato, chika, teru, naka, hisa, hiro, ya
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

center, middle

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  2
Frequency:  582
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  4-5-4
Korean Reading:  ang
Chinese Reading:  yang1
Unicode:  592e
JIS:  317B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3509
Nelson Index: 86
New Nelson Index: 1140
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a5.33
Four Corner Index: 5003.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 429
Gakken Index: 468
Japanese Names Index: 182
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5840
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0552
Remembering the kanji Index: 1740
Kanji Flashcards Index: 446
Kodansha Compact Index: 412
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 254
Kanji in Context Index: 706
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2187
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2944
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1756
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1877
Essential Kanji Index: 881
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4322
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1663
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 554
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 246

Words

(おう)
middle; centre; center
中央アジア (ちゅうおうアジア)
central Asia
震央 (しんおう)
epicentre (of an earthquake); epicenter
欧州中央銀行 (おうしゅうちゅうおうぎんこう)
European Central Bank; ECB
中央集権 (ちゅうおうしゅうけん)
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
中央 (ちゅうおう)
centre; center; middle; heart; metropolis; capital city; central government
中央アフリカ (ちゅうおうアフリカ)
Central Africa
道央 (どうおう)
central Hokkaido
中央行政官庁 (ちゅうおうぎょうせいかんちょう)
agencies of a central government
中央集権化 (ちゅうおうしゅうけんか)
centralization of power; centralisation of power
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