鋼

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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 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 金 (“‘metal’”) + phonetic 岡

[edit] Han character

鋼 (radical 167 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金月廿山 (CBTU), four-corner 8712₀)

1. steel
2. hard, strong, tough

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1309, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40509
• Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4220, character 5
• Unihan data for U+92FC

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

鋼 (simplified 钢, Yale gong1, gong3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

鋼 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: はがね (hagane)

[edit] Noun

鋼 (hiragana はがね, romaji hagane)

1. steel

[edit] Synonyms

• 鋼鉄 (こうてつ, kōtetsu)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

鋼 (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

鋼 (simplified 钢, pinyin gāng (gang1), Wade-Giles kang¹)

[edit] Compounds

• 鋼琴