剛

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 岡 + semantic 刀 (“‘knife’”)

[edit] Han character

剛 (radical 18 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山中弓 (BULN), four-corner 7220₀, composition ⿰岡刂)

1. hard, tough, rigid, strong

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 141, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2042
• Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 344, character 10
• Unihan data for U+525B

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

剛 (simplified 刚, Yale gong1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

剛 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ごう (gō)
• Kun: つよい (tsuyoi), こわい (kowai)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

剛 (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

剛 (simplified 刚, pinyin gāng (gang1), Wade-Giles kang¹)