Chinese name syllable
Syllable Kiang
- 強strong; powerful; energetic
- 强strong; powerful; energetic
- 疆border, frontier; territory
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- K
- Romanization
- Teochew, Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters強强疆
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Kiang in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Kiang is a Chinese name syllable from Teochew or Hokkien, for example 強 (strong) or 疆 (territory); the meaning depends on the characters chosen.
Possible characters for Kiang
This spelling is common in Teochew and Hokkien romanization.
- 強
strong; powerful; energetic
Teochew kiang5 / Hokkien kiâng (Zhangzhou) / Mandarin qiáng
attested
- 强
strong; powerful; energetic
Teochew kiang5 / Hokkien kiâng (Zhangzhou) / Mandarin qiáng (bentuk simplified 強)
attested
- 疆
border, frontier; territory
Hokkien kiang / Teochew giang1 / Mandarin jiāng
One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.
About the name Kiang
Kiang is a syllable in Chinese Malaysian names that matches Teochew and Hokkien (Zhangzhou) readings. One spelling can stand for several characters, so the meaning depends on the characters the family chose. Common options are 強 (strong), also written in the simplified form 强, and 疆 (border, territory). The characters 強 and 强 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling.
| Romanization | Teochew, Hokkien |
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Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable Kiang
Sources
- Wiktionary: 強 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 强 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 疆 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 強 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 强 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 疆 · mdbg.net · meaning
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