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Mythic Mandarin

强大 (qiáng dà): meaning and stroke order

强大 (qiáng dà) means big and strong; formidable; powerful.

强大

Simplified
强大
Traditional
強大
Pinyin
qiáng dà

Stroke order of 强大

强

  • Qiáng surname Qiang
  • jiàng stubborn; unyielding
  • qiáng strong; powerful
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 強

Stroke by stroke

大

  • dà big; large; great; older (than another person)
  • dài see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 强大

  1. qiáng dà Traditional 強大
    • big and strong; formidable; powerful

Radicals of the characters

强
Radical 弓 (Kangxi radical 57) · 12 strokes · 弓 on the left, 虽 on the right
大
Radical 大 (Kangxi radical 37) · 3 strokes · built from 一 and 人

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

强大 in our stories

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  • 廉颇知道秦军强大，就修起营垒，坚守不出，两军一对峙就是三年。

    Lián Pō zhīdao Qín jūn qiángdà jiù xiū qǐ yínglěi jiānshǒu bù chū liǎng jūn yí duìzhì jiù shì sān nián

    Knowing the Qin army was strong, Lian Po built fortifications and held firm without coming out; the two armies faced each other for three years.

    From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 强大

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).