刚 — Chinese character
刚
gāng
hard, strong, tough; just, barely
- Pinyin
- gāng
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 冈 刂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — knife; meaning component 刂; sound component 冈
- Traditional
- 剛
Common words with 刚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刚刚 (剛剛) | gāng gang | just recently; just a moment ago |
| 刚才 (剛才) | gāng cái | just now; a moment ago |
| 刚才 (剛纔) | gāng cái | just now (variant of 刚才 (gāng cái)) |
| 刚好 (剛好) | gāng hǎo | just; exactly |
| 金刚 (金剛) | jīn gāng | diamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) |
| 刚性 (剛性) | gāng xìng | rigidity |
| 刚巧 (剛巧) | gāng qiǎo | by chance; by coincidence |
| 刚强 (剛強) | gāng qiáng | firm; unyielding |
| 阳刚 (陽剛) | yáng gāng | manly; masculine |
| 金刚石 (金剛石) | jīn gāng shí | diamond; also called 钻石 (zuàn shí) |
| 刚度 (剛度) | gāng dù | stiffness |
| 刚毅 (剛毅) | gāng yì | resolute; steadfast |
English words written with 刚
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.