The sell bone script of character Qiang is
The top is the horns of goat, the bottom is a person. The character means shepherd. Qiang was a big ethnic lived in Western China in Shang Dynasty, they are shepherds.
The bronze script of character Qiang is
The top is the goat, actually it is the top of character Goat (Post 6)
Let's see the bronze script of character Goat
The bottom is character People (Post 37)
Let's see the bronze script of character People
However, there is a dot on the character People in character Qiang. What does it mean? It is an indicative point which emphasizes the main meaning of the character is the People where the dot is located. That is the character indicating the person who is shepherd, not the goat. If the dot is on the top, it means the goat raised by people, not wide goat.
The big seal script of character Qiang is
The top is the top of character Goat, the bottom is character People.
The clerical script of character Qiang is
The top is the top of character Goat, the bottom is character People.
The Pinyin of character Qiang is Qiang1.
Ethnic Qiang was defeated by Shang, many Qiang were killed by Shang in sacrificing. There is a Qiang ethnic in Sichuan, South East China, with population about 300,000. People believe that they are the dependents of Qiang in West China, they escaped to Sichuan and survived.
The character is very old, but right now, it is only used for the ethnic people, ether lived in Western China tin Shang Dynasty, or live in Sichuan right now.
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