刚

刚

See also: 剛

刚 U+521A, 刚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521A ← 则 [U+5219] CJK Unified Ideographs 创 → [U+521B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 剛 (岡 → 冈)

Han character

刚 (radical 18, 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月大中弓 (BKLN), composition ⿰冈刂)

Derived characters

• 𡱸

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 137, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 326, character 6
• Unihan data for U+521A

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 刚 – see 剛 (“firm; strong; hard; just; exactly; etc.”). (This character, 刚, is the simplified form of 剛.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.