鋼
鋼 — Steel
steel
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiはがね (hagane)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 鋼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鉄鋼 | てっこう tekkou | iron and steel |
| 製鋼 | せいこう seikou | steel manufacture |
| 鋼 | はがね hagane | steel; sword steel; sword |
| 鋼材 | こうざい kouzai | steel material |
| 鋼板 | こうはん kouhan | steel sheet; steel plate |
| 粗鋼 | そこう sokou | crude steel |
Study notes
鋼 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1246 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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