丬

爿

qiáng

radical variant

Meanings

1 left-side simplified form of 爿 (split-wood radical)
2 Kangxi radical #90 in its three-stroke component shape

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usage

丬 is the simplified left-side form of the split-wood radical 爿. You will only ever see it as a component, never standalone in modern text. The standalone reading qiáng comes from the parent 爿; pedagogical name is 'jiāngzìpáng' (将字旁) since 将 is its most familiar host.

history

Traditional 爿 pictures a vertical plank cut from a tree - the left half of the wood-splitting graph 片 was its original mate. The 1956 PRC simplification flattened the four-stroke 爿 into a three-stroke 丬 wherever it sits on the left of a character, as in 妆, 状, 将, 壮, 奖, 浆, 酱.

Radical

Split Wood (Left) Kangxi #90

Tags characters that originally referred to wooden boards, beds, or plank-shaped objects. Pairs with 片 (Kangxi 91) as its mirror image - left half versus right half of a split log. Mostly relevant for traditional forms; in simplified Chinese many of its compounds (e.g. 牀→床) have moved to other radicals.

Forms

爿 pán

Default 1 characters

丬 qiáng

Left 2 characters

Used in

Showing 2 of 2 · left form 丬 of 爿

将 jiāng

will; shall; about to · to take; to use

将 jiàng

general; military commander · high-ranking officer

Stroke Order