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hard

HSK 5 N2
Nature →Elements →Minerals
yìng
コウ
かた.い
경
Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.
Components
石 stone+ 更 even more =
硬 hard
石 Meaning component
shí stone
stone, rock, mineral
更 Phonetic component
gèng even more
more, still further, much more
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Notes
Similar Characters
叚 fake声 voice (jp)庶 various段 stage宕 stone quarry岩 rock (simp)泵 pump炻 a kind of china矶 submerged (simp)矸 a rock or cliff矻 slave矽 obsolete矾 alum (simp)矿 mine (simp)砀 brilliantly (simp)码 number (simp)砂 gravel砌 lay brick砍 chop砑 to grind
Chinese
硬 [yìng]
hard; stiff; strong; firm; resolutely; doggedly; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
Japanese
硬 こう 同音
noun hardness
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
硬 かたし
Katashi given name
CHINESE WORDS (159)
硬盘 [yìng​pán] #5,915
hard disk
硬盘 [yìng​pán] #5,915
hard disk
硬币 [yìng​bì] #3,672
coin
硬币 [yìng​bì] #3,672
coin
硬件 [yìng​jiàn] #15,548
hardware
强硬 [qiáng​yìng] #5,824
tough
强硬 [qiáng​yìng] #5,824
tough
僵硬 [jiāng​yìng] #6,554
stiff
硬化 [yìng​huà] #11,445
to harden
坚硬 [jiān​yìng] #12,188
hard
149 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (121)
⭐ 硬い [かたい] #1,874
hard
⭐ 硬直 [こうちょく] #4,331
stiffening
強張る [こわばる] #8,244
to stiffen
⭐ 硬質 [こうしつ] #15,058
hardness
⭐ 硬貨 [こうか] #17,645
coin
⭐ 硬度 [こうど] #18,864
hardness
⭐ 強硬 [きょうこう] #20,358
firm
⭐ 硬化 [こうか] #21,324
hardening
強硬手段 [きょうこうしゅだん] #33,120
tough measure
強行軍 [きょうこうぐん] #33,474
forced march
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KOREAN WORDS (9)
강경
being firm; being determined; being uncompromising
강경론
resolute stance; unyielding stance; uncompromising stance
강경책
hard-line policy
강경파
hardliners
경음
fortis
경직
stiffness; being stiff
경화
hardening; stiffening
경화증
scleroma
동맥 경화증
arteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries