Character
刚
- 1. hard; firm (opposite of "soft")
- 2. a surname
- 3. exactly; just right (neither too much nor too little, neither too early nor too late)
- 4. indicates an action or situation that occurred just a short while ago
- 5. used with "就" or "又" to indicate two actions or situations occurring in immediate succession
- 6. barely; just enough to reach a certain degree
Words using 刚 as gāng (3)
Structure & writing
刚
— hard; firm (opposite of "soft")
刚 is not used as a component in any other character.
consists of
冈 is a component in 4 characters
刂 is a component in 38 characters
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刊
to delete and revise
刹
to brake; to stop (a vehicle, machine, etc.)
剑
sword (ancient weapon with a long blade sharpened on both edges and a short hilt; in modern fencing, a slender steel blade with no edge and a small ball at the tip)
割
to cut with a knife; to separate
竖
upright, vertical, perpendicular to the ground (opposite of '横')
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剔
to strip or scrape meat from bone
剖
to cut open; to split open
剥
same meaning as 剥 (bāo), used in compound words or idioms, e.g. 剥夺, 生吞活剥
荆
chaste tree (a deciduous shrub with long-stalked palmate leaves, blue-purple flowers, and tough branches used for weaving baskets; branches formerly used as a flogging instrument)
辨
to distinguish; to differentiate
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