鋼

See also 钢

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

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

1. steel
2. hard, strong, tough

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

鋼 (simplified 钢, Yale gong1, gong3)

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Japanese

Kanji

鋼 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: はがね (hagane)

Noun

鋼 (hiragana はがね, romaji hagane)

1. steel

Synonyms

• 鋼鉄 (こうてつ, kōtetsu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鋼 (simplified 钢, pinyin gāng (gang1), Wade-Giles kang¹), gang4

Compounds

• 鋼琴

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Vietnamese

Han character

鋼 (cương, gang, cang)