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, Jyutping gong1, gong3, Yale gong1, gong3)

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Japanese

Kanji

鋼

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. steel

Readings

• Goon: こう (kō)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)
• Kun: はがね (hagane)

Noun

鋼 (hiragana はがね, romaji hagane)

1. steel

   鋼 (はがね)のように硬 (かた)い。

   Hagane no yō ni katai.

   Hard as steel.

Synonyms

• 鋼鉄 (こうてつ) (kōtetsu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鋼 (simplified 钢, Pinyin gāng (gang1), gàng (gang4), Wade-Giles kang¹, kang⁴)

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Noun

鋼 (traditional, Pinyin gāng, simplified 钢)

1. steel

鋼 (traditional, Pinyin gàng, simplified 钢)

1. to sharpen, to whet

Compounds

• 鋼琴

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Min Nan

Hanzi

鋼 (TLPA kong (kong¹), kǹg (kng³))

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References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鋼 (cương, gang, cang)

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