He just arrived.
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刚
Traditional: 剛
gāng
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gāng · gong1 (Jyutping)
- (literary) hard; firm; strong
- exactly; precisely
- barely; only just
- just; only a short while ago
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Character breakdown
刚
- Meaning
- hard, tough, rigid, strong
- Radical
- 刂
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰冈刂
- Cangjie
- BKLN
- Four-corner
- 7220
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Example sentences
I was at home.
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