Read Edit View history 羌 qiāngQiāng Qiang nationality Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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. Pinyin Separate values with commas qiāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an ornament resembling sheep horns. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 羌 Simp strokes 羌 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 羌 Simp strokes 羌 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 羌 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 320, 774 ], [ 387, 723 ], [ 409, 691 ] ], [ [ 620, 848 ], [ 640, 826 ], [ 648, 805 ], [ 589, 744 ], [ 499, 668 ] ], [ [ 299, 597 ], [ 374, 590 ], [ 498, 608 ], [ 640, 638 ], [ 705, 640 ] ], [ [ 318, 463 ], [ 357, 456 ], [ 402, 458 ], [ 496, 471 ], [ 607, 499 ], [ 656, 497 ] ], [ [ 166, 312 ], [ 219, 304 ], [ 496, 345 ], [ 741, 368 ], [ 797, 362 ], [ 828, 351 ] ], [ [ 444, 573 ], [ 476, 542 ], [ 462, 465 ], [ 412, 288 ], [ 379, 216 ], [ 322, 134 ], [ 262, 75 ], [ 213, 42 ], [ 154, 18 ] ], [ [ 516, 322 ], [ 547, 291 ], [ 533, 165 ], [ 534, 112 ], [ 542, 74 ], [ 557, 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526 584 517 Q 539 504 495 493 L 437 482 Q 382 475 325 471 Q 294 467 315 452 Q 346 433 413 442 Q 420 443 430 444 L 486 452 Z", "M 565 332 Q 622 336 815 337 Q 834 337 839 346 Q 843 356 828 370 Q 777 410 716 395 Q 626 379 484 359 Q 471 358 458 355 L 405 348 Q 293 336 168 321 Q 149 320 163 303 Q 176 290 194 284 Q 213 278 229 283 Q 307 305 396 316 L 447 322 Q 475 326 508 328 L 565 332 Z", "M 458 355 Q 471 400 486 452 L 495 493 Q 496 500 499 507 Q 506 526 510 536 Q 520 555 502 568 Q 490 578 480 584 C 456 601 431 607 436 577 Q 445 549 437 482 L 430 444 Q 420 405 405 348 L 396 316 Q 341 145 184 45 Q 157 30 145 18 Q 141 11 153 9 Q 193 3 282 66 Q 393 150 447 322 L 458 355 Z", "M 935 77 Q 919 102 891 184 Q 890 202 881 206 Q 874 209 871 190 Q 850 99 834 70 Q 798 31 681 36 Q 638 39 603 53 Q 573 68 566 86 Q 545 135 578 297 Q 584 321 565 332 C 547 356 501 357 508 328 Q 520 286 516 246 Q 498 68 533 29 Q 557 5 611 -12 Q 785 -60 932 28 Q 954 47 935 77 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source 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