剛

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See also: 刚

Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

剛 (simplified 刚, Jyutping gong1, Yale gong1)

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

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剛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

剛 (hiragana たけし, romaji Takeshi)

  1. A male given name

剛 (hiragana つよし, romaji Tsuyoshi)

  1. A male given name

剛 (hiragana ごう, romaji Gō)

  1. A male given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Mandarin[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

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

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Adjective[edit]

剛 (simplified, Pinyin gāng, simplified 刚)

  1. firm; strong; hard
    他的性格是剛與柔的結合。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的性格是刚与柔的结合。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de xìnggé shì gāng yǔ róu de jiéhé. [Pinyin]
    His character is a combination of strength and kindness.

Adverb[edit]

剛 (simplified, Pinyin gāng, simplified 刚)

  1. just; exactly
    剛好 / 刚好  ―  gānghǎo  ―  just, exactly
  2. only a short while ago, just
    剛才 / 刚才  ―  gāngcái  ―  just now, a moment ago
    剛剛 / 刚刚  ―  gānggāng  ―  just now, only
    他剛回來。 [MSC, trad.]
    他刚回来。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā gāng huílái. [Pinyin]
    He has just come back.
  3. barely, just
    一個月1000元的工資，剛夠他吃飯。 [MSC, trad.]
    一个月1000元的工资，刚够他吃饭。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī ge yuè 1000 yuán de gōngzī, gāng gòu tā chīfàn. [Pinyin]
    He earn 1000 yuan a month, barely enough for food.
  4. as soon as; only at this moment
    他剛做完工作，鈴就響了 [MSC, trad.]
    他刚做完工作，铃就响了 [MSC, simp.]
    tā gāng zuòwán gōngzuò, líng jiù xiǎng le [Pinyin]
    The moment he finished his work, bell rang.

Compounds[edit]

Related terms

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

剛 (cương, cang)

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