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U+525B, 剛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525B

[U+525A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+525C]
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Translingual

Han character

(radical 18 +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山中弓 (BULN), four-corner 72200, composition)

  1. hard, tough, rigid, strong

References

  • KangXi: page 141, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2042
  • Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 344, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+525B

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ
*klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaːŋ) : phonetic  (OC *klaːŋ) + semantic  (knife).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaŋ/
Li
Rong
/kɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/kɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gāng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kang ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˤaŋ/
English strong; hard

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3713
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klaːŋ/

Adjective

  1. firm; strong; hard
    性格結合 [MSC, trad.]
    性格结合 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de xìnggé shì gāng yǔ róu de jiéhé. [Pinyin]
    His character is a combination of strength and kindness.

Adverb

  1. just; exactly
    /    gānghǎo   just, exactly
  2. only a short while ago, just
    /    gāngcái   just now, a moment ago
    剛剛 / 刚刚   gānggāng   just now, only
    回來 / 回来   gāng huílái.   He has just come back.
  3. barely, just
    1000工資吃飯 [MSC, trad.]
    1000工资吃饭 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī ge yuè 1000 yuán de gōngzī, gāng gòu tā chīfàn. [Pinyin]
    He earn 1000 yuan a month, barely enough for food.
  4. as soon as; only at this moment
    做完工作 [MSC, trad.]
    做完工作 [MSC, simp.]
    gāng zuòwán gōngzuò, líng jiù xiǎng le [Pinyin]
    The moment he finished his work, bell rang.

Compounds

  • 剛愎刚愎
  • 剛愎自用刚愎自用
  • 剛才刚才 (gāngcái)
  • 剛果刚果 (Gāngguǒ)
  • 剛果紅刚果红
  • 剛架刚架
  • 剛柔相濟刚柔相济
  • 剛正刚正 (gāngzhèng)
  • 剛毅刚毅 (gāngyì)
  • 剛毛刚毛
  • 剛氣刚气
  • 剛烈刚烈
  • 剛玉刚玉
  • 剛直刚直
  • 剛石刚石
  • 剛砂刚砂
  • 剛硬刚硬
  • 剛韌刚韧
  • 剛體刚体

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. sturdy

Readings

Proper noun

(hiragana たけし, romaji Takeshi)

  1. A male given name

(hiragana つよし, romaji Tsuyoshi)

  1. A male given name

(hiragana ごう, romaji )

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

(gang) (hangeul , revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cương, cang)

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