Wiktionary

鋼

See also: 钢
鋼 U+92FC, 鋼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92FC
← 鋻
[U+92FB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鋽 →
[U+92FD]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

鋼 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金月廿山 (CBTU), four-corner 87120, composition ⿰釒岡)

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 1309, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40509
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4220, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+92FC

ChineseEdit

trad. 鋼
simp. 钢
alternative forms 鎠
 
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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, *klaːŋs): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ).

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with 剛 (OC *klaːŋ, “hard; firm”).

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note: gong3 - variant.
Note:
  • kǹg - vernacular;
  • kòng/kong - literary.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 鋼 鋼
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 唐 (101) 唐 (101)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) I I
    Fanqie 古郎切 古浪切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kaŋ/ /kaŋH/
    Li
    Rong         		/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
    Wang
    Li         		/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kɑŋ/ /kɑŋH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		gāng gàng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gong1 gong3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 鋼
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		gāng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kang ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*C.kˁaŋ/
    English cast iron; steel

    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 鋼 鋼
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 3715 3719
    Phonetic
    component         		岡 岡
    Rime
    group         		陽 陽
    Rime
    subdivision         		0 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		岡 鋼
    Old
    Chinese         		/*klaːŋ/ /*klaːŋs/

    DefinitionsEdit

    鋼

    1. steel
    See alsoEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 鋼

    DescendantsEdit

    • → Buryat: ган (gan)
    • → Mongolian: ган (gan)
    • → Manchu: ᡬᠠᠨ (g'an)
    • → Tai Nüa: ᥐᥣᥒ (kaang)
    • → Proto-Vietic: *t-kaːŋ (via Old Chinese)
      • Middle Vietnamese:

    Pronunciation 2Edit

    DefinitionsEdit

    鋼

    1. † hard; strong; tough
    2. to sharpen; to whet; to strop

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 鋼

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    鋼

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    Kanji in this term
    鋼
    はがね
    Grade: 6
    kun’yomi
    Alternative spelling
    刃金

    刃 (ha, “blade”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”)

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    鋼(はがね) • (hagane) 

    1. steel (metal produced from iron)
      鋼(はがね)のように硬(かた)い。
      Hagane no yō ni katai.
      Hard as steel.

    SynonymsEdit

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    鋼 (eumhun 강철/굳셀 강 (gangcheol/gutsel gang))

    1. Hanja form? of 강 (“steel”).
    2. Hanja form? of 강 (“hard; strong”).

    CompoundsEdit

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    鋼: Hán Nôm readings: cương, gang, cang

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