剛 gāng

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Traditional form

剛 gāng

Contains the radical

刂 dāo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

knife

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰岡刂

Semantic compound

刂 dāo

Phonetic compound

岡 gāng

Explanation

Simplified form of 剛 gāng . Phonosemantic compound. 刂 dāo represents the meaning and 岡 gāng represents the sound.

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Explore 21 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 剛 gāng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
刚 gāng	hard	剛 gāng
刚刚 gāng gang	just recently	剛剛
刚才 gāngcái	just now	剛才
刚好 gāng hǎo	just	剛好
金刚 Jīn gāng	diamond	金剛
刚果 Gāng guǒ	Congo	剛果
刚性 gāng xìng	rigidity	剛性
刚度 gāng dù	stiffness	剛度
阳刚 yáng gāng	manly	陽剛
金刚石 jīn gāng shí	diamond	金剛石
刚巧 gāng qiǎo	by chance	剛巧
刚毅 gāng yì	resolute	剛毅
刚强 gāng qiáng	firm	剛強
刚烈 gāng liè	unyielding	剛烈
曹刚川 Cáo Gāng chuān	Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader	曹剛川
血气方刚 xuè qì fāng gāng	full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous	血氣方剛
刚玉 gāng yù	corundum (mineral)	剛玉
刚愎自用 gāng bì zì yòng	obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)	剛愎自用
刚健 gāng jiàn	energetic	剛健
以柔克刚 yǐ róu kè gāng	to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)	以柔克剛
刚劲 gāng jìng	bold	剛勁