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Qiang nationality

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Mammals
qiāng
キョウ
ああ、えびす
강
Pictograph of a person (人) wearing an ornament resembling sheep horns (羊). Alludes to the Qiang people, who are known for their lifestyle with sheep. 羊 also represents the sound. Similar in origin to 美.
Components
羊 sheep+ 人 person =
羌 Qiang nationality
羊 Phonetic component
yáng sheep
sheep, goat
Depicts an ornament resembling sheep horns.
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人 Iconic component
rén person
man
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
羌
Regular
Modern
Chinese
羌 [Qiāng]
Qiang ethnic group of northwestern Sichuan; surname Qiang
羌 [qiāng]
muntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
Japanese
羌 きょう 同音
noun Qiang (Chinese ethnic group)
羌 、 羗 きょん 、 キョン 同音
noun usually kana Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reeves, species of barking deer); Chinese muntjac
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
羌 すすむ
Susumu given name
CHINESE WORDS (17)
羌族 [Qiāng​zú] #40,179
Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan
羌活 [qiāng​huó] #46,965
Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum)
羌笛 [Qiāng​dí] #53,554
Qiang flute
若羌 [Ruò​qiāng] #56,151
Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang
阿坝藏族羌族自治州 [A​bà​Zàng​zú​Qiāng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu] #58,793
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Mǎ​'ěr​kāng​zhèn]
阿坝藏族羌族自治州 [A​bà​Zàng​zú​Qiāng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu] #58,793
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Mǎ​'ěr​kāng​zhèn]
若羌县 [Ruò​qiāng​xiàn] #60,183
Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang
若羌县 [Ruò​qiāng​xiàn] #60,183
Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang
叶尔羌河 [Yè​'ěr​qiāng​Hé] #61,299
Yarkant River in Xinjiang
叶尔羌河 [Yè​'ěr​qiāng​Hé] #61,299
Yarkant River in Xinjiang
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