強
qiángqiǎngjiàng HSK3

strong

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Phonosemantic component. 虫 represents the meaning and 彊 represents the sound. Originally written as 彊.

Components

彊
彊 Sound component
虫
虫 Meaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 虫 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaŋ
ɡaŋʔ
Unicodeghiɑng
ghiǎng

說文解字

《說文》:“強,蚚也。从虫,弘聲。,籀文強,从从彊。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica