Amazing Chinese Characters (586) Center - 央

 The shell bone script of character Center is

A prisoner with shackles is ready to be executed in a big square where is the center of the city.

The bronze script of character Center is

Similar to its shell bone script.

The small seals script of character Center is

Similar to older scripts.

The clerical script of character Center is

Changed a lot, but still some similar to older scripts.

The Pinyin of the character is Yang1.

The character 央 also means Beg as a verb, because the prisoner begs the executioner not to kill him.