ChiramiN4 kanji · 11 strokes
強 means strong
弓 bow · 厶 private · 虫 bug
強Memory trick
A bow (弓) and a big bug (虫): strong.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- strong
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) つよい tsuyoi
つよい (tsuyoi) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: つよまる tsuyomaru, つよめる tsuyomeru, しいる shiiru
From Chinese (onyomi) キョウ kyou
キョウ (kyou) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ゴウ gou
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
強い つよい · tsuyoi
strong, potent
Built from
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
弓 Used in 16 kanji
See all 4 at N5 and N4虫 Used in 16 kanji
Quick check
What does 強 mean?
Right: 強 means strong.Not quite: 強 means strong.In 強い, which reading does 強 use?
Right. 強い is read つよい (tsuyoi): 強 takes つよ, its Japanese reading, with い after it.Not quite. 強い is read つよい (tsuyoi): 強 takes つよ, its Japanese reading, with い after it.