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See also:
U+525B, 剛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-525B

[U+525A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+525C]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 18, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山中弓 (BULN), four-corner 72200, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 141, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2042
  • Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 344, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+525B

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *klaːŋ): phonetic (OC *klaːŋ) + semantic (knife).

Etymology 1[edit]

trad.
simp.

Along with (OC *klaːŋ, *klaːŋs, “steel”), derived from the terminative of (OC *kaːs, “firm, solid, hard”), literally "having become solid, hard" (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaŋ/
Li
Rong
/kɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/kɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gong1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kang ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁaŋ/
English strong; hard

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 3713
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klaːŋ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. firm; hard; stiff
  2. strong
    性格結合 [MSC, trad.]
    性格结合 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de xìnggé shì gāng yǔ róu de jiéhé. [Pinyin]
    His character is a combination of strength and kindness.
  3. a surname

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms dialectal

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: jion1 - colloquial.
Note: 1jian - colloquial (dated).

Definitions[edit]

  1. just; exactly
      ―  gānghǎo  ―  just, exactly
  2. only a short while ago; just
      ―  gāngcái  ―  just now; a moment ago
      ―  gānggāng  ―  just now; only
    回來回来  ―  gāng huílái.  ―  He has just came back.
  3. barely; just
    1000工資吃飯 [MSC, trad.]
    1000工资吃饭 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī ge yuè 1000 yuán de gōngzī, gāng gòu tā chīfàn. [Pinyin]
    He earns 1000 yuan a month, barely enough for food.
  4. as soon as; only at this moment
    做完工作 [MSC, trad.]
    做完工作 [MSC, simp.]
    gāng zuòwán gōngzuò, líng jiù xiǎng le [Pinyin]
    The moment he finished his work, the bell rang.
Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. sturdy

Readings[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(たけし) (Takeshi

  1. a male given name

(つよし) (Tsuyoshi

  1. a male given name

(ごう) (

  1. a male given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eum (gang))

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: cương[1], cang[2]

  1. hard, strong, firm

References[edit]