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剛 = 岡 + 刀

剛 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sturdy”. It is built from 岡 (mount) and 刀 (sword). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2115.

Keyword
sturdy
RTK frame
2115
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゴウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
крепкий
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
剛 hard

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 岡 mount
  2. 刀 sword

How to find 剛 without knowing its reading

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

Open 剛 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.