The kanji 剛: meaning, readings and stroke order

剛

Meaning: strong, sturdy
On reading: ゴウ gou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 刀 knife, sword
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cứng rắn, mạnh mẽ (cương)
Japanese: かたくてつよい。
Korean: 굳세다, 단단하다 (강)
Chinese: 刚强、坚硬 (刚)

Readings, words and example sentences

ゴウ gou · on reading · less common

剛ごう健けん
strong and sturdy (in body and spirit)
質実剛ごう健けんを校風にします。
Our school values being simple, honest, and strong.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.