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羌

qiāng

Qiang nationality

Pictograph of a person (人) wearing an ornament resembling sheep horns (羊). Alludes to the Qiang people, who are known for their shepherd lifestyle. 羊 also represents the sound. Similar in origin to 美.

Components
羊 sound,iconic component

羊  Sound Iconic component

yáng

  

sheep

Depicts an ornament resembling sheep horns.

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Depicts a person.

Evolution

羌 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
羌 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
羌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
羌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

羌  

qiāng

Qiang nationality; surname; muntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)

羌  

Qiāng

Qiang ethnic group of northwestern Sichuan; surname Qiang

羌 (羗) 

qiāng

variant of 羌[qiāng]

Most common words with 羌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

羌

surname Qiang

羌族

Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan

羌活

Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum)

羌笛

Qiang flute

若羌

Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

蜣

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.qʰaŋ

khjang

qiāng

western tribes


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3509th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+7F8C

Shuowen

“羌，西戎牧羊人也。从人，从羊，羊亦聲。南方蠻閩从虫，北方狄从犬，東方貉从豸，西方羌从羊，此六種也。西南人、僬僥从人，蓋在坤地，頗有順理之性。唯東夷从大，大，人也。夷俗仁，仁者壽，有君子不死之國。孔子曰：‘道不行，欲之九夷，乘桴浮於海，有以也。’，古文羌如此。”


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