硬

See also 峺

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 石 + phonetic 更.

Han character

硬 (radical 112 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口一中大 (MRMLK), four-corner 1164₆)

1. hard, firm, strong
2. obstinate

References

• KangXi: page 831, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24230
• Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2432, character 6
• Unihan data for U+786C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

硬 (jyutping ngaang6, Yale ngaang6)

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Japanese

Kanji

硬 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō), ごう (gō)
• Kun: かたい (katai)

Compounds

• 硬化
• 硬貨 (こうか, kōka, “coins”)
• 硬式
• 硬質
• 硬直

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Korean

Hanja

硬 (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

硬 (pinyin yìng (ying4), Wade-Giles ying⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

硬 (ngạnh)