強

Information about character(s)

Radical: 弓
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 强
Variants: 强彊

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiáng
Cantonese: goeng6 koeng4 koeng5
JapaneseKun: TSUYOI SHIIRU TSUYOMARU
JapaneseOn: KYOU GOU
Korean: KANG
Vietnamese: càng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: strong, powerful, energetic

CE-Dict: to force/to compel/to strive/to make an effort

Soothill: Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.strong
2.by force
3.slightly over
qiang
ㄑㄧㄤˇ
1.to strive to

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: better; by force; make an effort; powerful; strive; strong; stubborn

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: better; by force; strive; strong

湘雅醫學專業詞典: hadro-

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》強蚚也。从虫弘聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集下】【弓字部】強
【唐韻】巨良切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】渠良切，𠀤音彊。【玉篇】米中蠹。【爾雅·釋蟲】蛄䗐，強䖹。【註】今米榖中小黑蟲是也。建平人呼爲䖹子。【揚子·方言】蛄䗐謂之強䖹。江東人謂之𧉪。　又【爾雅·釋蟲】強蚚。【疏】強，蟲名也。一名蚚，好自摩捋者，蓋蠅類。【又】強醜捋。【註】以脚自摩捋。　又與彊通。【廣韻】剛強也，健也。【禮·曲禮】四十曰強而仕。【疏】強有二義，一則四十不惑，是智慮強。二則氣力強也。【中庸】雖愚必明，雖柔必強。　又【集韻】勝也。【禮·中庸註】南方以舒緩爲強，北方以剛猛爲強。　又【廣韻】暴也。【史記·田延年傳】誅鉏豪強。　又算家以有餘爲強。【古木蘭詩】策勳十二轉，賞賜百千強。　又歲名。【爾雅·釋天】太歲在丁曰強圉。　又姓。【左傳·莊十六年】刖強鉏。【廣韻】後漢有強華奉赤伏符。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【正韻】𠀤其兩切，彊上聲。【集韻】勉也。【爾雅·釋詁】勤也。【禮·中庸】或勉強而行之。　又【韻會】矯強。【左傳·莊十九年】鬻拳強諫楚子。【荀子·臣道篇】率羣臣百吏，而相與強君曰橋君。【註】橋音矯。　又勸也。【周禮·地官】正其行，而強之道藝。【註】強，猶勸也。【禮·樂記】強而弗抑則易。【疏】師但勸強其神識，而不抑之令曉，則受者和易。　又姓。【廣韻】《前秦錄》有將軍強求。◎按《後漢》強華，《前秦》強求同姓，《廣韻》分二音，不知何據。　又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤其亮切，彊去聲。【韻會】木強，不和柔貌。【前漢·周昌傳贊】周昌，木強人也。【註】言其強質如木石然。　又【正韻】自是也，㑃也。【前漢·陸賈傳】乃欲以新造未集之越，屈強於此。【註】屈強，不柔服也。【史記】作屈彊。　又與襁通。【類篇】強，負兒衣。【史記·魯周公世家】成王少在強葆之中。【註】索隱曰：強葆卽襁褓。正義曰：強闊八寸，長八尺，用約小兒於背而負行。
考證：〔【周禮·地官】止其行，而強之道藝。〕　謹照原文止改正。

CF-Dict: obstiné/têtu/inflexible

Han-De-Dict: sich mühen, sich bemühen, streben nach, ringen, sich anstrengen (u.E.) (V)/bestrebt sein (u.E.) (Adj)/stark, kräftig (u.E.) (Adj)