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彊

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

stubborn

HSK 10

Objects →Tools →Weapons

qiáng

キョウ、ゴウ

つよ.い

강

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

Components

弓 bow+ 畺 border =

彊 stubborn

弓 Meaning component

gōng bow

bow

畺 Phonetic component

jiāng border

boundary, border

View phonetic series →

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

彊

Regular

Modern

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

彊かたし

Katashi given name

彊きょう

Kyō given name

彊つとむ

Tsutomu male given name

彊つよし

Tsuyoshi male given name

JAPANESE WORDS (3)

強弩 [きょうど] #130,784

自彊 [じきょう] #215,526

strenuous effort

至強 [しきょう]

unparalleled strength