刚 gāng hard; just now; strong; exactly
Made up of [刂 dāo knife (radical) radical 18, 冈 gāng ridge; mound ]Alternative traditional form of character: 剛
Made with 6 strokes.
Knife gives the idea of 'sharp, hard, exact' while gang 'ridge' gives the phonetic
Related characters
Also uses 刂 dāo component: 别 bié (to leave) 厕 cè (toilet) ; 超 chāo (to exceed) ; 到 dào (arrive) ; 剧 jù (drama) ; 刊 kān (to print) ; 刻 kè (carve) ; 利 lì (sharp) ; 梨 lí (pear) ; 前 qián (front) ; 狮 shī (lion) ; 则 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause)
Also uses 冈 gāng component: 纲 gāng (guiding principle)
Sounds same
冈 gāng (ridge) ; 纲 gāng (guiding principle)Different tone
港 gǎng (harbor)Pronunciation
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