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Chinese symbol for “rigidity”

刚性
gāng xìng
Traditional: 剛性
rigidity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rigidity is 刚性 (gāng xìng), defined as: rigidity.

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

刚 gāng
hard, strong, tough; just, barely
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “rigidity”

WordPinyinMeaning
僵固性jiāng gù xìngrigidity

Related words

Other words that share a character with 刚性.

WordPinyinMeaning
刚刚 (剛剛)gāng gangjust recently; just a moment ago
刚才 (剛才)gāng cáijust now; a moment ago
刚好 (剛好)gāng hǎojust; exactly
金刚 (金剛)jīn gāngdiamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon)
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
男性nán xìngthe male sex; a male
性质 (性質)xìng zhìnature; characteristic
个性 (個性)gè xìngindividuality; personality

See also: Japanese symbol for “rigidity”.

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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