強

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Han character 1.3.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 6.1.1 Readings 6.1.2 References

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Alternative forms

• 强

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 弘 + semantic 虫 (“‘insect’”)

[edit] Han character

強 (radical 57 弓+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈中戈 (NILI), four-corner 1323₆, composition ⿰弓𗈧)

1. strong, powerful, energetic

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 359, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9815
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 999, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5F37

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

強 (simplified 强, jyutping goeng6, koeng4, koeng5, Yale geung6, keung4, keung5)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

強 (grade 2 kanji)

1. strong
2. powerful
3. potent

[edit] Readings

• On: きょう (kyō), ごう (gō)
• Kun: つよい (tsuyoi), しいる (shiiru), つよまる (tsuyomaru)

[edit] References

• EUC
  • Hex: B6AF
  • Decimal: 46767
• Shift JIS
  • Hex: 8BAD
  • Decimal: 35757

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

強 (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

強 (simplified 强, pinyin jiàng (jiang4), qiáng (qiang2), qiǎng (qiang3), Wade-Giles chiang⁴, ch'iang², ch'iang³)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

強 (cường, cưỡng)

• cường quốc 強國
• same as cường 强

[edit] Readings

• Nôm: càng, cường, cưỡng

[edit] References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999