強 (qiáng)
Strong; powerful
How 強 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 弓 — bow
- Traditional
- 強
- Simplified
- 强
Components
- 弓 bow
- 厶 private
- 虫 insect
強 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- qiáng
- surname Qiang
- jiàng
- stubborn; unyielding
- qiǎng
- to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
Common words using 強
- 堅強 jiānqiáng
- staunch; strong
- 增強 zēngqiáng
- to increase; to strengthen
- 強化 qiánghuà
- to strengthen; to intensify
- 強大 qiángdà
- large; formidable; powerful
- 強姦 qiángjiān
- rape
- 強烈 qiángliè
- intense; (violently) strong
- 強盜 qiángdào
- to rob (with force); bandit; robber
- 倔強 juéjiàng
- stubborn; obstinate; unbending
- 加強 jiāqiáng
- to reinforce; to strengthen; to increase
- 勉強 miǎnqiǎng
- to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant
- 強健 qiángjiàn
- sturdy
- 強制 qiángzhì
- to enforce; enforcement; forcibly
強 in a sentence
今天的風很強。
Jīntiān de fēng hěn qiáng.
“The wind is very strong today.”
How common is 強?
強 is the 292nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 64% of all running text.
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