钢gāng
steel; hard, strong, tough. 9 strokes, radical 钅, first met in HSK 5.
How to write 钢
Strokes 1–5 write 钅, then strokes 6–9 write 冈.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 钢 · the stroke-order rules
What 钢 is made of
钅 (jīn, gold) and 冈 (gāng, ridge or crest of hill).
钅 carries the meaning — metal — and 冈 carries the sound.
Words that use 钢
| 钢笔 | pen (fountain/ballpoint) 指一种用金属笔尖书写的书写工具 学者用钢笔认真记录下灵感。The scholar carefully jotted down the inspiration with a pen. Lesson 423, 崇墉雅韵 · 鼎新革故与工巧天成 · Systemic Renewal & Masterly Craftsmanship |
| 钢琴 | piano 指一种通过按键敲击琴弦发声的大型乐器 礼堂里响起悠扬的钢琴乐声。The melodious sound of a piano rang out through the hall. Lesson 423, 崇墉雅韵 · 鼎新革故与工巧天成 · Systemic Renewal & Masterly Craftsmanship |
Characters that share the sound part 冈
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 钅
All 22 of them, and what the radical means, on the 金 radical page.