• 621st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 47 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gāng (gang1)hard • firm • strong • just • barely • exactly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gāng (gang1)The component is pronounced as 'gāng' (gang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

刚刚 (剛剛)
刚才 (剛才)

Uncommon

刚好 (剛好)
金刚 (金剛)

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  • 1607th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 64 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gāng (gang1)steel

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gāng (gang1)The component is pronounced as 'gāng' (gang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

钢琴 (鋼琴)
钢铁 (鋼鐵)

Uncommon

宝钢 (寶鋼)
恨铁不成钢 (恨鐡不成鋼)
炼钢 (煉鋼)
钢刀 (鋼刀)
钢厂 (鋼廠)
钢材 (鋼材)
钢板 (鋼板)
钢琴家 (鋼琴家)
钢琴师 (鋼琴師)
钢笔 (鋼筆)
钢筋 (鋼筋)
钢管 (鋼管)
钢丝 (鋼絲)

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  • 1931st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 35 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gāng (gang1)head rope of a fishing net • guiding principle • key link • class (taxonomy) • outline • program

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gāng (gang1)The component is pronounced as 'gāng' (gang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

大纲 (大綱)

Uncommon

提纲 (提綱)
纲要 (綱要)
纲领 (綱領)
党纲 (黨綱)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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