剛

See also: 刚

剛 U+525B, 剛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525B ← 剚 [U+525A] CJK Unified Ideographs 剜 → [U+525C]

Translingual

Han character

剛 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山中弓 (BULN), four-corner 7220₀, composition ⿰岡刂)

Derived characters

• 𭡺, 𬌧, 𫅙, 𮢪, 𡬼, 𪮚, 𠠊

Related characters

• 刚 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 141, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2042
• Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 344, character 10
• Unihan data for U+525B

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Chinese

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) : phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Etymology 1

trad.		剛
simp.		刚

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 剛

1. firm; hard; stiff
2. strong

   他的性格是剛與柔的結合。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的性格是刚与柔的结合。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de xìnggé shì gāng yǔ róu de jiéhé. [Pinyin]

   His character is a combination of strength and kindness.

3. a surname

Etymology 2

trad.		剛
simp.		刚
alternative forms		將／将 dialectal

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 剛

1. just; exactly

   剛好／刚好  ―  gānghǎo  ―  just, exactly

2. only a short while ago; just

   剛才／刚才  ―  gāngcái  ―  just now; a moment ago

   剛剛／刚刚  ―  gānggāng  ―  just now; only

   他剛回來。／他刚回来。  ―  Tā gāng huílái.  ―  He has just came back.

3. barely; just

   一個月1000元的工資，剛夠他吃飯。 [MSC, trad.]
   一个月1000元的工资，刚够他吃饭。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yī ge yuè 1000 yuán de gōngzī, gāng gòu tā chīfàn. [Pinyin]

   He earns 1000 yuan a month, barely enough for food.

4. as soon as; only at this moment

   他剛做完工作，鈴就響了 [MSC, trad.]
   他刚做完工作，铃就响了 [MSC, simp.]

   tā gāng zuòwán gōngzuò, líng jiù xiǎng le [Pinyin]

   The moment he finished his work, the bell rang.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 剛才 (“just now”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剛才, 方才, 適才, 剛剛, 剛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	剛才, 才剛, 將才
	Taiwan	剛才, 剛剛, 剛
	Harbin	才剛兒, 頭先, 頭前兒
	Malaysia	剛才
	Singapore	剛才, 剛剛, 剛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	剛才, 剛剛的
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剛打剛兒, 剛剛兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	才剛, 才剛剛兒
	Wanrong	剛剛
	Xi'an	剛才
	Xining	才才
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	才剛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	剛才, 才剛
	Ürümqi	剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 剛頭兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	才剛, 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 先頭
	Wuhan	才剛, 剛才, 才一路, 才路, 一路
	Liuzhou	頭先, 啱先
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	剛才, 才剛, 剛剛
	Yangzhou	剛才, 才剛, 剛剛, 剛
	Hefei	剛才
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話, 疇先
	Hong Kong	頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	正就
	Macau	頭先
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	頭先, 啱啱, 啱先, 正話
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頭先
	Foshan	剛啱, 舊家
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	舊先
	Foshan (Shunde)	頭先
	Foshan (Sanshui)	啱啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	啱青
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頭先
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頭先
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	頭先
	Taishan	頭先, 正話
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頭先
	Enping (Niujiang)	頭先
	Heshan (Yayao)	啱啱
	Dongguan	蚊蚊, 啱先, 啱啱
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頭先
	Yangjiang	頭先, 啱先
	Nanning	啱先
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	啱啱, 正話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	頭先, 啱啱
Gan	Nanchang	剛腳, 一腳
	Lichuan	剛腳
Hakka	Meixian	頭先, 啱先, 啱啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	先頭, 頭先
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	正先
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	正先
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	早先
	Wengyuan	頭先
	Liannan	正先
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	啱啱
	Jiexi	早回
	Changting	頭先
	Wuping (Yanqian)	頭間
	Ninghua	正
	Ningdu	當頭
	Tonggu (Sandu)	正
	Dayu	剛正哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭先, 頭下
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭先, 頭下
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭先, 頭下
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭先, 頭下
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭先, 頭下
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭先, 頭下
	Hong Kong	頭先
	Mengshan (Xihe)	啱
	Luchuan	啱先
	Senai (Huiyang)	正先
Huizhou	Jixi	剛才, 剛剛, 剛之
Jin	Taiyuan	剛才, 剛剛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頃先, 頃, 頃頃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭先, 頭先早, 連眼, 連刻, 矢文
Southern Min	Xiamen	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 拄
	Quanzhou	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 頭站仔, 拄
	Zhangzhou	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 前拄仔, 盡拄仔, 拄
	Kaohsiung	拄才
	Yilan	拄才
	Changhua (Lukang)	拄才
	Taichung	拄拄仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拄仔才
	Tainan	頭陣仔
	Taitung	頭拄仔
	Hsinchu	拄仔
	Penghu (Magong)	拄才
	Penang (Hokkien)	麻汝, 耽仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	麻汝, 頭先, 頭早
	Manila (Hokkien)	站仔, 頭站仔
	Chaozhou	頭陣, 同早, 同旰
	Shantou	剛才
	Jieyang	同早, 同旰, 頭先, 同陣, 頭陣, 自早
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	同旰
	Singapore (Teochew)	麻汝, 頭先, 同早
	Leizhou	當奉囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭先, 開頭, 啱啱, 啱先
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	啱先, 頭先, 幾早, 頭幾早
Wu	Shanghai	剛剛, 剛, 剛正, 開開 dated, 客客 dated, 方才 dated
	Suzhou	剛剛, 剛剛頭, 剛巧
	Danyang	剛才, 剛剛
	Hangzhou	剛剛
	Ningbo	剛剛
	Wenzhou	頭前, 頭先, 頭兒
Xiang	Changsha	剛才, 才剛, 嚴剛
	Loudi	剛剛
	Shuangfeng	當好, 才當

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

剛

(Jōyō kanji)

1. sturdy

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kan’yō-on: ごう (gō, Jōyō)
• Kun: つよい (tsuyoi, 剛い)、こわい (kowai)

Proper noun

剛(たけし) • (Takeshi) 

1. a male given name

剛(つよし) • (Tsuyoshi) 

1. a male given name

剛(ごう) • (Gō) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

剛 (eum 강 (gang))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

剛: Hán Nôm readings: cương, cang

1. hard, strong, firm