強

強 (radical 57, 弓+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈中戈 (NILI), four-corner 1323₆, composition ⿰弓𧈧 or ⿸弘虫)

• KangXi: page 359, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9815
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 999, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5F37

Historical forms of the character 強
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Zhengzhang (2003): Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ) : phonetic 彊 (OC *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ) + semantic 虫 (“insect”).

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ) : phonetic 弘 (OC *ɡʷɯːŋ) + semantic 虫 (“insect”).

The character 強 likely originally referred to the rice weevil, an insect that attacks rice and several other crops, before being phonetically borrowed to represent the sense of "strong; powerful", which was previously represented by the character 彊 (OC *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ).

強

1. strong; powerful; energetic
2. to strengthen
3. staunch; strong-willed
4. brutal; forceful

   強拖乘客下機 / 强拖乘客下机  ―  qiángtuō chéngkè xiàjī  ―  to forcefully drag a passenger off the plane

5. capable; of a high level
6. superior; better
7. slightly more than; plus
   • 四分之一強 / 四分之一强  ―  sì fēnzhī yī qiáng  ―  a bit more than a fourth
8. final contestants in a competition; finalist
9. (Teochew) clever
10. (Teochew) good at

• (strong): (literary) 鴻／鸿 (hóng)

• 弱 (ruò)

強

1. to force; to compel; to coerce

   勉強 / 勉强  ―  miǎnqiǎng  ―  to force somebody to do something

2. to strive

強

1. ^† hard; stiff
2. stubborn; obstinate
3. A surname​.

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. strong
2. powerful
3. potent

• Go-on: ごう (gō, Jōyō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Tō-on: がん (gan)
• Kun: つよい (tsuyoi, 強い, Jōyō); しいる (shiiru, 強いる, Jōyō)^{←しひる (sifiru, historical)}; つよまる (tsuyomaru, 強まる, Jōyō); つよめる (tsuyomeru, 強める, Jōyō)

強 (hiragana つよし, rōmaji Tsuyoshi)

1. A male given name

強 (eumhun 강할 강 (ganghal gang))

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強: Hán Việt readings: cường, cưỡng
強: Nôm readings: càng, cượng, cướng, gắng, cường, gàn, ngượng, cưỡng, gương, gượng, gàng

• 強國 (cường quốc)

強 (càng)

1. With a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
   • 18th–19th century: Hồ Xuân Hương, "Vịnh quạt"

     強(càng)燶(nóng)包(bao)饒(nhiêu)辰(thời)強(càng)沫(mát)/要(yêu)店(đêm)諸(chưa)斐(phỉ)吏(lại)要(yêu)𣈜(ngày)

     The hotter you get, the more refreshing you get / It wasn’t enough to love at night, now we love during the day.

2. all the more, all the less

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)
• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999