强

See also: 強 and 彊

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	強
Simplified	强
Traditional	強

Han character

强 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓口中戈 (NRLI), four-corner 1623₆, composition ⿰弓虽)

Derived characters

• 𠎦, 𫮬, 𫗳, 䃨, 镪, 繦(𫄶)
• 膙, 糨, 襁, 鏹, 嵹, 犟, 謽 (Exception: Contains 强 in mainland China and South Korea. Contains 強 in other regions)
• 𠼢, 𡠤, 摾, 漒, 𩝽, 蔃, 勥, 𡠥 (Exception: Contains 强 in mainland China. Contains 強 in other regions)
• 𣚦 (Exception: Contains 强 in mainland China and Taiwan. Contains 強 in Hong Kong instead)

Related characters

• 強 (Orthodox form in Traditional Chinese)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9822
• Dae Jaweon: page 676, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 999, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5F3A

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Variant form of 強. Attested since Qin dynasty.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 强 – see 強 (“strong; powerful; energetic; to strengthen; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 強).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01258-001

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Japanese

Kanji

强

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 強 (“strong; powerful; potent”)

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: つよい (tsuyoi, 强い); つよまる (tsuyomaru, 强まる); つよめる (tsuyomeru, 强める); こわい (kowai, 强い); しいる (shiiru, 强いる); あながち (anagachi, 强ち)

References

• Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍統一文字) 111030

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Korean

Hanja

强 (eumhun 강할 강 (ganghal gang))

1. Alternative form of 強 (“hanja form^? of 강 (“strong”)”)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 1. [1]

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 強 (gượng)
• 強 (càng)
• 彊,強 (cường)

Han character

强: Hán Việt readings: cường (渠(cừ)良(lương)切(thiết)), cưỡng (巨(cự)兩(lưỡng)切(thiết))
强: Nôm readings: gượng, càng, cường, cưỡng, ngượng

1. Alternative form of 強 (“chữ Hán form of cường (“strong”).”)
2. Nôm form of gượng (“strained; forced; unnatural”).