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彊

jiàng, qiáng, qiǎng

strong, force

Phonosemantic component. 弓 represents the meaning and 畺 represents the sound.

Components
弓 meaning component

弓  Meaning component

gōng

  

bow

bow

畺 sound component

畺  Sound component

jiāng

  

boundary

Evolution

彊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
彊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
彊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

彊  

jiàng

stubborn, uncompromising

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 彊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

强

strong

加强

to reinforce

强大

large

强烈

intense

坚强

staunch

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-kaŋ

gjang

qiáng

strong


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 73.8267% of movies

436th most common character in movies

292nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+5F4A

Shuowen

“彊，弓有力也。从弓，畺聲。”


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