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Chinese symbol for “impose”

强加
qiáng jiā
Traditional: 強加
to impose; to force upon

The closest CC-CEDICT match for impose is 强加 (qiáng jiā), defined as: to impose; to force upon.

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Characters and stroke order

强 qiáng
strong, powerful, energetic
radical 57 ⼸ · 12 strokes
加 jiā
to add to, to increase, to augment
radical 19 ⼒ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “impose”

WordPinyinMeaning
强求 (強求)qiǎng qiúto insist on; to demand; to impose
予以yǔ yǐto give; to impose

Related words

Other words that share a character with 强加.

WordPinyinMeaning
加强 (加強)jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
强调 (強調)qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement); to stress
强烈 (強烈)qiáng lièstrong; intense
强大 (強大)qiáng dàbig and strong; formidable; powerful
增强 (增強)zēng qiángto increase; to strengthen
强化 (強化)qiáng huàto strengthen; to intensify
参加 (參加)cān jiāto participate; to take part; to join
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase

See also: Japanese symbol for “impose”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.