Read Edit View history 刚 gāng HSK2 hard Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 剛. Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 岡 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas gāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 剛 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 刚 Simp strokes 刚 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 刂 is a component form of 刀. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 刚 Simp strokes 刚 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 刚 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 166, 657 ], [ 184, 642 ], [ 203, 609 ], [ 208, 519 ], [ 201, 327 ], [ 171, 66 ] ], [ [ 234, 635 ], [ 252, 625 ], [ 274, 628 ], [ 357, 653 ], [ 482, 677 ], [ 512, 669 ], [ 534, 643 ], [ 542, 161 ], [ 536, 109 ], [ 521, 79 ], [ 487, 85 ], [ 402, 120 ] ], [ [ 398, 563 ], [ 421, 535 ], [ 411, 470 ], [ 384, 389 ], [ 355, 334 ], [ 317, 282 ], [ 237, 211 ] ], [ [ 270, 468 ], [ 423, 293 ], [ 456, 238 ], [ 461, 207 ] ], [ [ 631, 568 ], [ 656, 540 ], [ 659, 528 ], [ 653, 313 ], [ 657, 264 ] ], [ [ 770, 768 ], [ 788, 760 ], [ 823, 724 ], [ 820, 456 ], [ 834, 84 ], [ 813, 29 ], [ 669, 84 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 165 628 Q 164 627 168 620 Q 208 469 160 220 Q 133 118 144 90 Q 150 72 159 61 Q 172 46 182 61 Q 218 100 220 247 Q 226 524 238 602 C 241 626 241 626 225 639 Q 201 660 173 669 Q 163 670 156 662 Q 152 656 160 644 Q 163 637 165 628 Z", "M 238 602 Q 464 671 489 651 Q 502 644 506 585 Q 519 386 508 161 Q 508 127 495 118 Q 480 108 408 126 Q 392 127 394 119 Q 395 112 407 107 Q 471 64 506 29 Q 525 10 538 13 Q 550 16 560 43 Q 575 86 573 149 Q 549 590 569 631 Q 579 652 570 662 Q 560 677 515 698 Q 496 707 434 687 Q 334 660 225 639 C 196 633 209 593 238 602 Z", "M 395 363 Q 422 411 440 489 Q 447 511 456 535 Q 462 544 456 552 Q 449 559 421 571 Q 402 578 393 576 Q 383 572 385 558 Q 401 492 362 396 L 343 356 Q 306 293 234 215 Q 228 208 234 206 Q 259 202 337 280 Q 355 299 369 318 L 395 363 Z", "M 369 318 Q 453 203 455 201 Q 462 200 469 206 Q 479 213 476 249 Q 473 288 395 363 L 362 396 Q 305 450 271 477 Q 265 483 262 473 Q 259 463 266 454 Q 303 409 343 356 L 369 318 Z", "M 618 557 Q 648 497 627 324 Q 618 288 648 258 Q 657 248 666 258 Q 684 283 684 368 Q 684 488 689 529 Q 696 551 676 562 Q 660 572 643 580 Q 631 584 622 578 Q 615 572 618 557 Z", "M 788 687 Q 794 651 801 108 Q 801 86 789 76 Q 782 72 696 84 Q 659 94 663 84 Q 664 77 688 62 Q 764 11 784 -20 Q 809 -56 826 -56 Q 842 -57 856 -19 Q 872 30 868 110 Q 826 579 863 718 Q 881 751 820 774 Q 783 793 763 784 Q 744 777 762 753 Q 786 725 788 687 Z" ] } 6 strokes 刚 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 166, 657 ], [ 184, 642 ], [ 203, 609 ], [ 208, 519 ], [ 201, 327 ], [ 171, 66 ] ], [ [ 234, 635 ], [ 252, 625 ], [ 274, 628 ], [ 357, 653 ], [ 482, 677 ], [ 512, 669 ], [ 534, 643 ], [ 542, 161 ], [ 536, 109 ], [ 521, 79 ], [ 487, 85 ], [ 402, 120 ] ], [ [ 398, 563 ], [ 421, 535 ], [ 411, 470 ], [ 384, 389 ], [ 355, 334 ], [ 317, 282 ], [ 237, 211 ] ], [ [ 270, 468 ], [ 423, 293 ], [ 456, 238 ], [ 461, 207 ] ], [ [ 631, 568 ], [ 656, 540 ], [ 659, 528 ], [ 653, 313 ], [ 657, 264 ] ], [ [ 770, 768 ], [ 788, 760 ], [ 823, 724 ], [ 820, 456 ], [ 834, 84 ], [ 813, 29 ], [ 669, 84 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 165 628 Q 164 627 168 620 Q 208 469 160 220 Q 133 118 144 90 Q 150 72 159 61 Q 172 46 182 61 Q 218 100 220 247 Q 226 524 238 602 C 241 626 241 626 225 639 Q 201 660 173 669 Q 163 670 156 662 Q 152 656 160 644 Q 163 637 165 628 Z", "M 238 602 Q 464 671 489 651 Q 502 644 506 585 Q 519 386 508 161 Q 508 127 495 118 Q 480 108 408 126 Q 392 127 394 119 Q 395 112 407 107 Q 471 64 506 29 Q 525 10 538 13 Q 550 16 560 43 Q 575 86 573 149 Q 549 590 569 631 Q 579 652 570 662 Q 560 677 515 698 Q 496 707 434 687 Q 334 660 225 639 C 196 633 209 593 238 602 Z", "M 395 363 Q 422 411 440 489 Q 447 511 456 535 Q 462 544 456 552 Q 449 559 421 571 Q 402 578 393 576 Q 383 572 385 558 Q 401 492 362 396 L 343 356 Q 306 293 234 215 Q 228 208 234 206 Q 259 202 337 280 Q 355 299 369 318 L 395 363 Z", "M 369 318 Q 453 203 455 201 Q 462 200 469 206 Q 479 213 476 249 Q 473 288 395 363 L 362 396 Q 305 450 271 477 Q 265 483 262 473 Q 259 463 266 454 Q 303 409 343 356 L 369 318 Z", "M 618 557 Q 648 497 627 324 Q 618 288 648 258 Q 657 248 666 258 Q 684 283 684 368 Q 684 488 689 529 Q 696 551 676 562 Q 660 572 643 580 Q 631 584 622 578 Q 615 572 618 557 Z", "M 788 687 Q 794 651 801 108 Q 801 86 789 76 Q 782 72 696 84 Q 659 94 663 84 Q 664 77 688 62 Q 764 11 784 -20 Q 809 -56 826 -56 Q 842 -57 856 -19 Q 872 30 868 110 Q 826 579 863 718 Q 881 751 820 774 Q 783 793 763 784 Q 744 777 762 753 Q 786 725 788 687 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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