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Kanji for Center
The kanji for “center” is 央, read ou and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
center
The center; the heart of things.
5 strokes On reading オウ (ou) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: center, middle
Readings used for names on Nazuke: o, ou, hisa
In Japan it appears in about 736 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 央: Austin 央寿知 · Ok 央慶 · Oda 央舵 · Ola 央良 · Oma 央真 · Iola 藍央良 · Iona 藍央七 · Ione 藍央新 · Olin 央凛 · Omar 央真 · Omer 央真 · Opal 央葉瑠 and 57 more
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