Memory phrase for the character: 刚

刚

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Meaning

hard, firm, enduring, just, barely

Pronunciation

gāng

Explanation

Left: hill 冈 (part of steel: 钢, showing a bloomery hearth for steel smelting, in which iron ore and charcoal were stacked alternately as a hill), right: cutting/knife 刂

Mnemonic

From this hill/oven comes a (steel) knife that is hard & durable.

Radicals

冈	mound, ridge of a mountain	With two crosses 㐅 it is seen as a dragnet/trawl net 网.
刂	cut	It is typically at the right side of the character.

Vocabulary

刚才	gāng cái	(just) a moment ago; just now; a moment ago
刚刚	gāng gāng	just recently; just a moment ago
刚刚	gāng gāng	just recently; just a moment ago
刚刚	gāng gāng

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