鋼 – steel

16 strokesTaught in grade 6#1246 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 鋼 means steel. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はがね (hagane). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	はがね	hagane

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 金 (Kangxi radical 167). Components: 金・并・冂・山・岡.

Words using 鋼

鉄鋼てっこうiron and steel

Example sentences

鉄鋼は基幹産業である。

Steel is a key industry.

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Kanji with the same radical

金銀針録鉄鈴銭銃鎖鉱鑑銘鋭銅鏡釣

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