钢 (gāng) means "Steel" in Chinese. It has 9 strokes with the radical 钅, and is HSK Level 5. Difficulty: 4/5.
Steel
The character 钢 (gāng) is written with 9 strokes. Follow the standard Chinese stroke order: top to bottom, left to right, outside before inside. The radical 钅 is one of its key components.
Practice the correct stroke order with the Hanzi Writer app to see animated stroke-by-stroke guidance with real-time feedback.
钢 is pronounced gāng in Mandarin Chinese. It means Steel.
As an HSK Level 5 character, 钢 is an intermediate-level character.
我每天下午弹钢琴。
wǒ měi tiān xià wǔ tán gāng qín
I play the piano every afternoon.
这支钢笔很好写。
zhè zhī gāng bǐ hěn hǎo xiě
This fountain pen writes very well.
这里的钢铁质量很好。
zhè lǐ de gāng tiě zhì liàng hěn hǎo
The quality of steel here is very good.
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