强
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strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
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Dict coverage rank #373 U+5F3A
How 强 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
弓 (semantic, “bow”) + 虫 (phonetic, chóng)
How to remember it
strong · Heisig RSH #1016
弓 bow + 口 mouth + 虫 insect
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 虫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 虫 (chóng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虫 sound component | chóng | insect, worm; mollusk |
| 独 | dú | alone, independent, only, single, solitary |
| 触 | chù | to butt, to gore, to ram; to touch |
| 融 | róng | to melt, to fuse; to blend, to harmonize |
| 烛 | zhú | candle, taper; to illuminate, to shine |
Words containing 强
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 强中自有强中手 | qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu | (saying) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger |
| 强有力 | qiáng yǒu lì | strong; forceful |
| 自强运动 | Zì qiáng Yùn dòng | Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 洋務運動|洋务运动 |
| 光头强 | Guāng tóu qiáng | Logger Vick (Boonie Bears character); nickname for bald people |
| 强作用力 | qiáng zuò yòng lì | the strong force (in nuclear physics) |
| 自强自立 | zì qiáng zì lì | to strive for self-improvement |
| 自立自强 | zì lì zì qiáng | to be self-reliant |
| 黄克强 | Huáng Kè qiáng | pseudonym of Huang Xing 黃興|黄兴[Huang2 Xing1], one of the heroes of the 1911 Xinhai Revoluti… |
| 外强中干 | wài qiáng zhōng gān | strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom) |
| 发光强度 | fā guāng qiáng dù | luminous intensity |
| 电流强度 | diàn liú qiáng dù | current intensity |
| 强大 | qiáng dà | big and strong; formidable; powerful |
| 强子 | qiáng zǐ | hadron (particle physics) |
| 强人 | qiáng rén | (politics) strongman; (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person; (old) r… |
| 联合自强 | lián hé zì qiáng | to combine together for self-improvement; joint movement for self-strengthening |
| 女强人 | nǚ qiáng rén | successful career woman; able woman |
| 强国 | Qiáng guó | (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage) |
| 强国 | qiáng guó | powerful country; great power |
| 强生 | Qiáng shēng | (surname) Johnson; Johnson & Johnson (company) |
| 小强 | Xiǎo Qiáng | (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that h… |