Chinese symbol for “manly”
阳刚
yáng gāng
Traditional: 陽剛
manly; masculine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for manly is 阳刚 (yáng gāng), defined as: manly; masculine.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “manly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阳刚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太阳 (太陽) | tài yang | sun; sunlight; sunshine |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 太阳能 (太陽能) | tài yáng néng | solar energy |
| 阳台 (陽台) | yáng tái | variant of 阳台 (yáng tái) |
| 朝阳 (朝陽) | cháo yáng | to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun |
| 刚刚 (剛剛) | gāng gang | just recently; just a moment ago |
| 刚才 (剛才) | gāng cái | just now; a moment ago |
| 刚好 (剛好) | gāng hǎo | just; exactly |
See also: Japanese symbol for “manly”.
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.