鋼

EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 岡

Han characterEdit

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

1. steel
2. hard, strong, tough

ReferencesEdit

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

HanziEdit

鋼 (simplified 钢, Jyutping gong1, gong3, Yale gong1, gong3)

KanjiEdit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. steel

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: こう (kō)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)
• Kun: はがね (hagane)

NounEdit

鋼 (hiragana はがね, romaji hagane)

1. steel

   鋼 (はがね)のように硬 (かた)い。

   Hagane no yō ni katai.

   Hard as steel.

SynonymsEdit

• 鋼鉄 (こうてつ) (kōtetsu)

HanjaEdit

鋼 (hangeul 강 (gang), revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

HanziEdit

鋼 (simplified 钢, Pinyin gāng (gang1), gàng (gang4), Wade-Giles kang¹, kang⁴)

NounEdit

鋼 (traditional, Pinyin gāng, simplified 钢)

1. steel

鋼 (traditional, Pinyin gàng, simplified 钢)

1. to sharpen, to whet

CompoundsEdit

• 鋼琴

HanziEdit

鋼 (TLPA kong (kong¹), kǹg (kng³))

ReferencesEdit

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

Han characterEdit

鋼 (cương, gang, cang)