Chinese Printables Formerly Mandarin Poster
9 strokes16 strokes
Character #984 · The First 1000

gāng

steel

steel

Strokes
916
TraditionalSimplified
鋼 钢
Poster cell
D36
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • gāngqín piano
  • gāngbǐ fountain pen
  • gāngtiě steel
  • gāngcái steel (as raw material)
  • gāngjīn steel reinforcing bar
  • gāngbǎn steel plate
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 钢鋼

Write 钢鋼 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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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell D36 · 28 × 36 grid

钢鋼 is #984 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 钢 mean in English?
钢 (gāng) means "steel": steel.
How do you pronounce 钢?
钢 is pronounced gāng in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄍㄤ.
How many strokes does 钢 have?
The simplified form, 钢, has 9 strokes. The traditional form, 鋼, has 16.
What is the traditional form of 钢?
The traditional form of 钢 is 鋼. 钢 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 鋼 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 钢?
Common words that use 钢 include 钢琴 (gāngqín, piano), 钢笔 (gāngbǐ, fountain pen), 钢铁 (gāngtiě, steel), 钢材 (gāngcái, steel (as raw material)).
How common is 钢?
钢 is number 984 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell D36 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.