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襁

qiǎng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 襁褓) swaddling cloth for carrying a baby

Examples

HSK 7-9
她还在襁褓中时，父亲就上了战场。
Tā hái zài qiǎngbǎo zhōng shí, fùqīn jiù shàng le zhànchǎng.
When she was still a baby in swaddling clothes, her father went off to war.
HSK 7-9
婴儿裹在襁褓里睡得很香。
Yīng'ér guǒ zài qiǎngbǎo lǐ shuì de hěn xiāng.
The infant slept soundly wrapped in the swaddling cloth.

Tips

usage
襁 only appears in 襁褓, the cloth wrap and small quilt used to carry an infant. By extension it stands for infancy itself.

Components

radical
衤 yī
clothing; cloth
The clothing radical, side form of 衣, marks 襁 as a cloth item, here the wrap used for a baby.
phonetic
强 qiáng
strong; sturdy
Supplies the sound, close to the modern reading qiǎng. It is the same phonetic seen standing alone as 强.

Stroke Order

襁 qiǎng