gāng

刚

hard, strong, tough; just, barely

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Words with 刚

刚刚 gāng gang just recently; just a moment ago HSK 2
刚才 gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
刚好 gāng hǎo just; exactly HSK 6
刚毅 gāng yì resolute; steadfast HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 刚开始的时候,老师说的话我很多都听不懂。 At first, I couldn't understand much of what the teacher said. 汉语课

Character facts

Radical
刂 knife
Parts
冈 + 刂
Structure
Left–right
Traditional
剛
Unicode
U+521A

Pictophonetic: knife