刚
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冈
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刂
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In front of the anglepod, Guy Fawkes just pulled a kitchen knife out of a mound. He's very upset as he was expecting at least a sword. At least the kitchen knife is quite hard.
Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]
刂
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丨
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亅
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Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).
冈
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冂
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乂
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Guy Fawkes followed a secret map to the anglepod and in front of it he finds a small mound. The instructions on the map say that if he can pull out the secret treasure, he will have the control over all of England, so he starts to pull on a small thing sticking out of the mound using pliers.
Characters with 刚 as component
刚
is not used as a component in another character.
soft on the inside despite one's hard shell / appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability / also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1]