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qiáng

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qiáng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiáng | qiang2
English translation
half of a tree trunk

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About qiáng

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Number of strokes

4

Radical frequency

48

Traditional form

qiáng

Contains the radical

qiáng

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

Half of a tree trunk; compare  piān

Etymology of qiáng

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

丩厂

Explanation

Mirror image of piān (slice; thin piece). Pictograph of a slice of a tree, taken from the left half of (tree).

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Words with qiáng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qiáng slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) qiáng

qiáng Decomposition & Compounds

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