The kanji 鋼: meaning, readings and stroke order

鋼

Meaning: steel
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: はがね hagane
Strokes: 16
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thép (cương)
Japanese: はがね。かたいてつ。
Korean: 강철 (강)
Chinese: 钢、钢铁 (钢)

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

鉄てっ鋼こう
iron and steel
鉄てっ鋼こうを作る工場です。
This is a factory that makes steel.

はがね hagane · kun reading · less common

鋼はがね
steel
鋼はがねのようにかたい意志です。
It is a will as hard as steel.

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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.