羌
qiāngQiāng

Qiang nationality

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approved by Prismcool · Apr 3, 2025, 07:39 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Apr 3, 2025, 07:39 PM

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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
羊 SoundIconic component

Depicts an ornament resembling sheep horns.

人
人 Iconic component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjangC.qʰaŋ western tribes

說文解字

《說文》：“羌，西戎牧羊人也。从人，从羊，羊亦聲。南方蠻閩从虫，北方狄从犬，東方貉从豸，西方羌从羊，此六種也。西南人、僬僥从人，蓋在坤地，頗有順理之性。唯東夷从大，大，人也。夷俗仁，仁者壽，有君子不死之國。孔子曰：‘道不行，欲之九夷，乘桴浮於海，有以也。’，古文羌如此。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.300Wikipedia
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)