"中央" meaning in Japanese

See 中央 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [t͡ɕɨːo̞ː] Forms: 中央 [canonical] (ruby: (ちゅう), (おう)), Chūō [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 中央 (MC trjuwng 'jang, “lit. centre”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ちゅうおう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|中央|lit. centre|id=1,1}} 中央 (MC trjuwng 'jang, “lit. centre”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ちゅうおう}} 中(ちゅう)央(おう) • (Chūō)
  1. Chūō (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Places in Japan, Places in Tokyo Related terms: 中心 (chūshin) (ruby: (ちゅう), (しん))
    Sense id: en-中央-ja-name-piOUq4WR Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Special wards of Tokyo, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 29 20 4 6 6 29 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 32 22 2 4 3 32 2 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 100 0

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕɨːo̞ː] Forms: 中央 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (ちゅう), (おう)), chūō [romanization], tyuuau [romanization], ちゆうあう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 中央 (MC trjuwng 'jang, “lit. centre”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ちゅうおう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|中央|lit. centre|id=1,1}} 中央 (MC trjuwng 'jang, “lit. centre”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちゅうおう|hhira=ちゆうあう}} 中(ちゅう)央(おう) • (chūō) ^(←ちゆうあう (tyuuau)?)
  1. center/centre, middle
    Sense id: en-中央-ja-noun-2u3Si~YB
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