剛
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gāng · hard, strong, tough

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

10Total strokes

Count each continuous pen movement once, including turns and hooks.

Left-rightCharacter structure

Keep the left side compact and leave enough room for the right side.

刂Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 剛

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Example sentences

Notice where 剛 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ gāng cái zhèng yào zhǎo nǐ.我剛才正要找你。

I was just about to come looking for you.

Source: Tatoeba #713156 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zuó tiān gāng shōu dào nǐ de xìn.我昨天剛收到你的信。

I just received your message yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba #715852 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ gāng xǐ le suǒ yǒu de wǎn pán.我剛洗了所有的碗盤。

I have just washed all the dishes.

Source: Tatoeba #881545 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ gāng xiǎng dào le yí gè hǎo zhǔ yì.我剛想到了一個好主意。

A good idea occurred to me just then.

Source: Tatoeba #348170 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Gāng cái hé nǐ shuō huà de rén shì shuí?剛才和你說話的人是誰?

Who is the man that you were talking with?

Source: Tatoeba #346708 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā cái gāng lái jiù yòu zǒu le.她才剛來就又走了。

She had hardly arrived when she left again.

Source: Tatoeba #13551362 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 剛 in context

  1. Say gāng, then recall the core meaning: hard, strong, tough.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 剛 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.