You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Character: Qiang Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1231, Entry 16 Pronounced qiang. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Writing and Analysis of Characters) states: it means movement. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Explanations of Teaching states: Qiang qiang, means movement. Commentary: Refers to fearful movement or hurried walking. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Qi: Skilled in hurrying and moving with dignity. Commentary: Qiang, the appearance of skilled hurrying. Also, in the Greater Odes (Daya): Qiang qiang, orderly and numerous. Note: The dignified manner of scholars and officials. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety: The scholar moves with dignity. Explication of Texts: Qiang is also written in a variant form (cang), or sometimes as (qiang). Also, in the Book of Documents (Shujing), Counsels of Yu the Great: The birds and beasts move in a rhythmic manner. Explication of Texts: The appearance of dancing. Also according to Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), pronounced liang. Same as the variant (qiang). Meaning to walk or run.