Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N2
582 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: center, middle
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: オウ
Composition: 丨 大
Radical: 大
Reading: だい
Meaning: big, very
Strokes: 3
中央(ちゅうおう) central, center, middle
中央線(ちゅうおうせん) Chuo line (train)
中央口(ちゅうおうぐち) central entrance
央 (オウ) middle, centre, center
道央 (ドウオウ) central Hokkaido
月央 (ゲツオウ) middle of the month