漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鋼: steel
JLPT N116 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 岡 gives the sound
16 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鋼材こうざいmaterial made from steel
- 鋼板こうはんsteel sheet, steel plate
- 鋼管こうかんsteel pipe
- 製鋼せいこうsteel manufacture
- 鉄鋼てっこうiron and steel
はがねhagane · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鋼はがねsteel
- 鋼色はがねいろsteel blue
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side鋼 steel · 金
vs綱 hawser · 糸In ChineseSimplified 钢 · traditional, as in Japanese · gāng
Japan keeps the traditional form 鋼; mainland China simplifies it to 钢.
- Simplified
- 钢 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鋼 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gāng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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