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Kanji Detail for 強 - "strong, powerful"

強

  • Meaning

    強 means "strong, powerful." Also associated with fearsome.

    1. Strong - Sturdy; robust; powerful.

    2. Fearsome - Hard; firm; formidable.

    3. Powerful - Having strength; having momentum.

    4. Strengthen - To make strong; to fortify.

    5. Excess - A remainder; slightly more than.

    6. Strive - To endeavor; to make effort.

    7. Force - To compel; to coerce.

    8. Stubborn - Obstinate; unyielding.

  • Words using 強

    • 強化 きょうか Listen strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement
    • 勉強 べんきょう Listen study; diligence; working hard
    • 強制 きょうせい Listen compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do)
    • 強さ つよさ Listen strength; power
    • 強力 きょうりょく Listen powerful; strong
    • 強硬 きょうこう Listen firm; strong; unbending
    • 強盗 ごうとう Listen robber; mugger; robbery
    • 強気 つよき Listen confident; assured; self-assured

  • Four-character idioms with 強

    • 富国強兵 ふこくきょうへい Listen enrich the country, strengthen the army
    • 弱肉強食 じゃくにくきょうしょく Listen the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
    • 一強多弱 いっきょうたじゃく Listen one strong, many weak
    • 一強皆弱 いっきょうかいじゃく Listen one strong, everyone else weak
    • 博聞強記 はくぶんきょうき Listen being widely read and having a highly retentive memory
    • 博覧強記 はくらんきょうき Listen encyclopedic knowledge and strong memory

  • Origin of 強

    弘, which supplies the sound, wrapped around 虫, an insect. The character originally named a rice weevil and was borrowed early for "strong" — the strength it carries was lent by sound, not drawn by picture.

    How to remember it: A weevil 虫 that borrowed a mighty sound and never gave it back — strong.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 強

    • Verified meaning: strong, powerful
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きょう, きょうじ, ごう, ごうじ)
    • Also carries these associations: fearsome

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 強

    Given names 強(きょう)Listen 強(すすむ)Listen 強(つとむ)Listen 強(つよし)Listen

    Surnames 強(きょうじ)Listen 強(ごう)Listen 強(ごうじ)Listen 強(こわ)Listen 強(つよい)Listen 強(つよさき)Listen 強(つよみ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    strong

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    strong, powerful, energetic

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Qiang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    strong, powerful, energetic

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A small black insect in rice and grain. Commonly called 蛘子. | Interchangeable with 彊. See "彊" for details.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    goh(ゴウ) ゴウ

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kowa.i(こわ-い) こわ-い

    shii.ru(し-いる) し-いる

    tsuyo.i(つよ-い) つよ-い

    tsuyo.meru(つよ-める) つよ-める

    tsuyomaru(つよ-まる) つよ-まる

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    弓 (yumi・yumihen)

  • Related Keywords

    strong fearsome powerful to force to strengthen to strive determined excess forceful resilient rigid stubborn tenacious mighty intense robust tough durable firm muscular potent sturdy vigorous coerce compel

Sentences including 強

  • I didn't study at all yesterday.

  • It will pay you to study hard.

  • Don't look out the window. concentrate on your work.

  • She has to study science.

  • How often do you study english at school?

  • Fall is when we can study best.

  • I studied for a while this morning.

  • He is stronger than i am.

  • It is windy today.

  • The wind is blowing hard.

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