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强

qiáng, jiàng, qiǎng

strong

Phonosemantic component. 弓 represents the meaning and 畺 represents the sound. Originally written as 彊.

Components
弓 meaning component

弓  Meaning component

gōng

  

bow

虽 sound,remnant component

虽  Sound Remnant component

suī

  

although

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Evolution

强 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
强 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
强 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

强 (強) 

qiáng

strong, powerful, energetic; strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bǎi​qiáng]

强 (強) 

Qiáng

surname Qiang

强 (強) 

jiàng

stubborn; unyielding

强 (強) 

qiǎng

to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort

强 (彊) 

jiàng

variant of 強|强[jiàng]

强 (彊) 

qiáng

variant of 強|强[qiáng]

强 (彊) 

qiǎng

variant of 強|强[qiǎng]

Most common words with 强
Freq.
Word
Meaning

强

strong

加强

to reinforce

强大

large

强烈

intense

坚强

staunch

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

犟 襁 镪 糨

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-kaŋ

gjang

qiáng

strong

*m-kaŋʔ

gjangX

qiǎng

make an effort


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 73.8267% of movies

436th most common character in movies

292nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

強

Unicode

U+5F3A

Shuowen

“強，蚚也。从虫，弘聲。，籀文強，从从彊。”


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