IDENTITY
强qiángstrong; powerful
HSK 3Top 250
CORE MEANING
strong; powerful
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.strongHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 弓bow radical (gōng)
- strokes
- 12
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰弓虽
- bow
- gives the sound qiáng (historical)
USAGE
Common words
强大qiángdàpowerful
强壮qiángzhuàngstrong
坚强jiānqiángfirm
Graded examples
他的身体很强壮。Tā de shēntǐ hěn qiángzhuàng.HSK4
His body is very strong.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 虽
LEARNING
Memory aid
A bow (弓) that holds against the insect (虽) — taut, strong. (From 強.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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