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Chinese symbol for “emery”

金刚砂
jīn gāng shā
Traditional: 金剛砂
carborundum; emery

The closest CC-CEDICT match for emery is 金刚砂 (jīn gāng shā), defined as: carborundum; emery.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

金 jīn
gold, metal; money
radical 167 ⾦ · 8 strokes
刚 gāng
hard, strong, tough; just, barely
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes
砂 shā
sand, pebbles, gravel; gritty
radical 112 ⽯ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 金刚砂.

WordPinyinMeaning
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital
金融jīn róngbanking; finance
基金jī jīnfund
黄金 (黃金)huáng jīngold; golden (opportunity)
金额 (金額)jīn ésum of money; amount of money
金属 (金屬)jīn shǔmetal; 种 (zhǒng)
刚刚 (剛剛)gāng gangjust recently; just a moment ago
刚才 (剛才)gāng cáijust now; a moment ago
砂石shā shísandstone; sand and stone

See also: Japanese symbol for “emery”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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