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Character #374 · The First 1000
刚 (剛) gāng meaning: just
(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- Strokes
- 610
- TraditionalSimplified
- 剛 刚
- Poster cell
- J14
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 刚剛
Write 刚剛 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, gāng, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
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04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 刚 mean in English?
- 刚 (gāng) means "just": (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago.
- How do you pronounce 刚?
- 刚 is pronounced gāng in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄍㄤ.
- How many strokes does 刚 have?
- The simplified form, 刚, has 6 strokes. The traditional form, 剛, has 10.
- What is the traditional form of 刚?
- The traditional form of 刚 is 剛. 刚 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 剛 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 刚?
- Common words that use 刚 include 刚才 (gāngcái, just now), 刚刚 (gānggang, just recently), 刚好 (gānghǎo, just), 刚毅 (gāngyì, resolute).
- How common is 刚?
- 刚 is number 374 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell J14 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.