羌

Information about character(s)

Radical: 羊
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 羗

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiāng
Cantonese: goeng1
JapaneseKun: EBISU AU
JapaneseOn: KYOU
Korean: KANG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: Qiang nationality; surname

CE-Dict: muntjac/grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an ancient people in West China

湘雅醫學專業詞典: incised notopterygium rhizome or root(中药)

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《羊部》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。西南僰人、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。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【羊字部】羌
〔古文〕𡹽【廣韻】去羊切【集韻】墟羊切，𠀤音蜣。【說文】西戎牧羊人也。西方羌，从羊。【書·牧誓】及庸，蜀，羌，髳，微，盧，彭，濮人。【註】八國，皆蠻夷戎狄。羌在西蜀叟。【史記·五帝紀】西戎析枝，渠廋氐羌。【匈奴傳】西接月氏氐羌。【註】羌，三苗，薑姓之別。舜徙于三危，今阿關之西南羌是也。　又【屈原·離騷】羌內恕己以量人兮。【註】羌，楚人語辭也。　又【玉篇】卿也，反也，章也，强也。　又姓。【史記·秦始皇紀】羌瘣伐趙。　又【集韻】許亮切，音向。羌量，烏雛饑困貌。　【篇海】俗作羗。