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鋼 = 金 + 岡

鋼 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “steel”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 岡 (mount). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2113.

Keyword
steel
RTK frame
2113
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はがね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
стальной
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鋼 steel

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 金 gold
  2. 岡 mount

How to find 鋼 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “mount”. 鋼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鋼 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.