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Chinese symbol for “reinforce”

加强
jiā qiáng
Traditional: 加強
to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reinforce is 加强 (jiā qiáng), defined as: to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

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

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “reinforce”

WordPinyinMeaning
加固jiā gùto reinforce (a structure); to strengthen
增援zēng yuánto reinforce
增兵zēng bīngto reinforce; to increase troop numbers
补强 (補強)bǔ qiáng(engineering) to reinforce (a structure); to strengthen
坐实 (坐實)zuò shíto serve as evidence for (an accusation etc); to reinforce (a perception); to bear out; to substantiate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 加强.

WordPinyinMeaning
参加 (參加)cān jiāto participate; to take part; to join
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
加入jiā rùto become a member; to join
更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
加上jiā shàngto add; plus; in addition; moreover
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “reinforce”.

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.

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