hard; strong; solid

Made up of [ wéi proud; enclosure; upright radical 31, ancient ]
Made with 8 strokes.
The character 'gu' for sound is in an enclosure. As 'gu' means ancient this suggests the meaning of solidity

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Also uses wéi component: guó (country) huí (to circle) ; miàn (face) ; (four) ; yuán (park) ; zhōng (centre)
Also uses component: (happening) (paternal aunt) ; (estimate) ; (lake) ; (beard) ; (to reside) ; (to be able to) ; (bitter)

Sounds same

(happening)

Different tone

(paternal aunt) ; (estimate) ; (ancient) ; ; (valley)

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stroke order for 固
Stroke order for character 固, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license