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樯

qiáng

Character Traditional 檣

What 樯 means

1. boom
2. mast

Other readings

樯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qiángvariant of {樯|qiáng}

Characters built on 啬

These share the phonetic component 啬 (sè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 墙qiángwall; (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙
• 蔷qiángused in 蔷薇
• 嫱qiángfemale court officials

Sounds the same

Read qiáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 强strong; powerful; better
• 墙wall; (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙
• 蔷used in 蔷薇
• 嫱female court officials
• 廧wall
• 丬"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片
• 蔃cigarette (slang) (Cantonese)

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qiáng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.