Dong Chinese dictionary

qiáng, jiàng, qiǎng

strong

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

Components

弓 Meaning component

gōng

bow

虽 Sound Remnant component

suī

although

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 虽 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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[bǎiqiáng]

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)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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