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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
中央 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
中央 =
ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄤ · zhōngyāng
noun — center; the central government; adjective — central

字源 FORM — what the parts do

middle; center (中間的中)zhōng
center; to implore (中央的央)yāng大 (person) with a horizontal bar across the shoulders — a person bearing a yoke at the midpoint; the centered load
中央,中間的中,中央的央。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

)射靶心;)是扁擔壓肩的那個人——就是一切的重心所在。
中 hits the center of the target. 央 is the person bearing the yoke at the shoulder's midpoint — 中央 is the load-bearing pivot of everything.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
政府zhōngyāng zhèngfǔcentral government — in its political sensezhōngxīncenter — the more physical or abstract synonym