# 強 — Strong

Frequency rank 160 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 能 (Ability), less common than 民 (Peoples).

- On’yomi: きょう、ごう
- Kun’yomi: つよ、し
- Radical: 弓 Bow (Kangxi 57)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The hunched private will not set his bowl down to shoot, so he hauls the stave back with his teeth and the string opens his forearm to the bone.

In words:

- 強い つよい — powerful
- 勉強 べんきょうする — to study
- 強まる つよまる — to get strong;to gain strength

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