剛

gāng

hard, tough, rigid, strong

How to write 剛, stroke by stroke

hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly

Pictophonetic: semantic 刂 (knife), phonetic 岡

Made of 岡 + 刂

剛纔gāng cáijust now; a moment ago
剛剛gāng gangjust recently; just a moment ago
剛好gāng hǎojust; exactly; to happen to be
金剛jīn gāngdiamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon); guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
剛巧gāng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence; by good luck
剛一gāng yīto be just about to; to have just started to
剛正gāng zhènghonest; upright
剛直gāng zhíupright and outspoken
剛體gāng tǐrigid body
剛性gāng xìngrigidity
剛度gāng dùstiffness
剛強gāng qiángfirm; unyielding

我剛才正要找你。
wǒ gāng cái zhèng yào zhǎo nǐ 。
I was just about to come looking for you.
我剛想到了一個好主意。
wǒ gāng xiǎng dào le yí gè hǎo zhǔ yì 。
A good idea occurred to me just then.
我太太剛剛清理了桌子。
wǒ tài tài gāng gāng qīng lǐ le zhuō zi 。
My wife has just cleared the table.
他們剛好不在那裡。
tā mén gāng hǎo bú zài nà lǐ 。
It so happened that they were not there.
他剛請假走了。
tā gāng qǐng jiǎ zǒu le 。
He's just gone on leave.