Chinese symbol for “hard”
硬
yìng
hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hard is 硬 (yìng), defined as: hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hard”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 固 | gù | hard; strong |
| 坚硬 (堅硬) | jiān yìng | hard; solid |
| 艰难 (艱難) | jiān nán | difficult; arduous; hard |
| 刚 (剛) | gāng | (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely |
| 铁 (鐵) | tiě | iron (metal); arms |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 硬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硬件 | yìng jiàn | hardware |
| 硬币 (硬幣) | yìng bì | coin; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 强硬 (強硬) | qiáng yìng | tough; unyielding |
| 硬盘 (硬盤) | yìng pán | hard disk |
| 坚硬 (堅硬) | jiān yìng | hard; solid |
| 硬度 | yìng dù | hardness |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hard”.
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.