Open main menu
Wiktionary

剛

See also: 刚
剛 U+525B, 剛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525B
← 剚
[U+525A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 剜 →
[U+525C]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

Related charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

ChineseEdit

trad. 剛
simp. 刚

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (岡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
岡 *klaːŋ
崗 *klaːŋ
剛 *klaːŋ
掆 *klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
鋼 *klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
綱 *klaːŋ
犅 *klaːŋ
堈 *klaːŋ

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

PronunciationEdit

Rime
Character 剛
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古郎切
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 剛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gāng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kˁaŋ/
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 剛
Reading # 1/1
No. 3713
Phonetic
component 		岡
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		岡
Old
Chinese 		/*klaːŋ/

DefinitionsEdit

剛

  1. firm; strong; hard
    他的性格是剛與柔的結合。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的性格是刚与柔的结合。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de xìnggé shì gāng yǔ róu de jiéhé. [Pinyin]
    His character is a combination of strength and kindness.
  2. just; exactly
    剛好 / 刚好  ―  gānghǎo  ―  just, exactly
  3. only a short while ago; just
    剛才 / 刚才  ―  gāngcái  ―  just now; a moment ago
    剛剛 / 刚刚  ―  gānggāng  ―  just now; only
    他剛回來。 / 他刚回来。  ―  Tā gāng huílái.  ―  He has just came back.
  4. barely; just
    一個月1000元的工資，剛夠他吃飯。 [MSC, trad.]
    一个月1000元的工资，刚够他吃饭。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī ge yuè 1000 yuán de gōngzī, gāng gòu tā chīfàn. [Pinyin]
    He earns 1000 yuan a month, barely enough for food.
  5. as soon as; only at this moment
    他剛做完工作，鈴就響了 [MSC, trad.]
    他刚做完工作，铃就响了 [MSC, simp.]
    tā gāng zuòwán gōngzuò, líng jiù xiǎng le [Pinyin]
    The moment he finished his work, the bell rang.

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 剛

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

剛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. sturdy

ReadingsEdit

Proper nounEdit

剛 (hiragana たけし, rōmaji Takeshi)

  1. A male given name

剛 (hiragana つよし, rōmaji Tsuyoshi)

  1. A male given name

剛 (hiragana ごう, rōmaji Gō)

  1. A male given name

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

剛 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

剛 (cương, cang)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=剛&oldid=51470789"