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姜

jiāng

ginger; surname

💡 Ideographic: Simplified form of 薑; grass 艹 provides the meaning while 畺 provides the pronunciation

HSK 9 strokes Common (24%)

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⿱羊女 i

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Component Tree i

yáng

羊

sheep, goat

📷 Pictographic: A sheep's head with horns

6 strokes HSK 2

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

4 strokes

nǚ

女

woman, girl; female

📷 Pictographic: A woman turned to the side

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 姜 (23)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

heroine of Qin dynasty [[秦朝]] folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body

Mèngjiāngnǚ

孟姜女 ↗

heroine of Qin dynasty [[秦朝]] folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body

Thai ginger / lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga)

gāoliángjiāng

高良姜 ↗

Thai ginger / lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga)

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