羌 Stroke Order

羌 (Qiāng) 1. 中国古代西部的民族。 (1. An ancient nationality in the western part of China.) 2. 中国少数民族，主要分布于四川省。 (2. A Chinese ethnic minority, primarily distributed in Sichuan Province.) 3. 文言助词，用在句首，无义。 (3. A classical Chinese particle, used at the beginning of a sentence without meaning.) 4. 姓。 (4. A surname.) 本义: 羌族，古代西部民族之一 (Basic meaning: The Qiang nationality, one of the ancient western nationalities.) 造字法: 会意兼形声。从人，从羊，羊亦声。 (Word formation: A combination of semantic and phonetic components. It consists of 'person' and 'sheep'; the word 'sheep' also provides the sound.) 同本义: (1.) 羌（Qiang，Chiang）民族，生活在四川。 (Same basic meaning: [En.] The Qiang (Chiang) nationality, living in Sichuan.) 引: 1. 《说文》：西戎牧羊人也。 (From "Shuowen": The Western barbarians are shepherds.) 2. 《书·牧誓》：庸蜀羌髳。 (From "Book of Documents: The Oath of the Shepherds": The common Qiang in Shu.) 西戎: 羌，古代西部民族。 (Western barbarians: Qiang, an ancient nationality in China.) 中国古代西部的民族，分布在今甘肃、青海、四川一带，以游牧为主; 和汉族杂处的部分羌人，逐渐从事农耕，与汉族融合。 (An ancient nationality in western China, distributed in modern Gansu, Qinghai, and Sichuan, primarily engaged in pastoralism; some Qiang who live among Han people gradually started agriculture and merged with Han people.)