鋼

See also: 钢

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		鋼
simp.		钢
alternative forms		鎠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (岡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
岡	*klaːŋ
崗	*klaːŋ
剛	*klaːŋ
掆	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
鋼	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
綱	*klaːŋ
犅	*klaːŋ
堈	*klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klaːŋ, *klaːŋs) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ).

Etymology

Cognate with 剛 (OC *klaːŋ, “hard; firm”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鋼

1. steel

See also

• 鐵／铁 (tiě, “iron”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàng (gang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàng
    • Wade–Giles: kang⁴
    • Yale: gàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganq
    • Palladius: ган (gan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gong³
    • Yale: gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鋼

1. ^† hard; strong; tough
2. to sharpen; to whet; to strop

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

鋼

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: はがね (hagane, 鋼, Jōyō)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
鋼
はがね Grade: 6
kun'yomi

• 刃金

Etymology

刃 (ha, “blade”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”)

Noun

鋼(はがね) • (hagane) 

1. steel (metal produced from iron)

   鋼(はがね)のように硬(かた)い。

   Hagane no yō ni katai.

   Hard as steel.

Synonyms

• 鋼(こう)鉄(てつ) (kōtetsu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鋼 (cương, gang, cang)

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