Keyword
center
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1877
Readings
おう
(100%)
Composed of
upside-down box
large
Mnemonic

There is a large person with an upside-down box on his head standing in the center of the town, making a fool out of himself in hopes that the local tourists throw a few coins at him.

Used in kanji (7 in total)
reflect
England
female mandarin duck
dissatisfaction
Used in vocabulary (51 in total)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
centre; center; middle
middle; centre; center
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
(highway) median; median strip; central reservation
central government ministries and agencies
central control room; main control room
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
centralization of power; centralisation of power
central government agencies; central bureaucracy
Central African Republic
horse racing operated by the Japan Racing Association
central organization; central authority; central government agency
central entrance; central exit
epicentre (of an earthquake); epicenter
central Hokkaido
central broadcasting station; central radio station; central television station
centre of a prefecture; heart of a prefecture
Central Labor Relations Committee
middle of the month
centralized planning; centralised planning
Japan's 2001 central government restructuring
mid-ocean ridge; midocean ridge
central control room; main control room
Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)
Examples (21 in total)
She was standing in the middle of the room.
We sat in the center of the room.
In the middle of the wall at the back of the room is a large window.