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The character 刚, derived from its traditional form 剛, is constructed from the phonetic element 岡, meaning "ridge", and the semantic radical 刀, meaning "knife", reflecting an initial association with the concept of hardness as in a blade's edge. Over time, its semantic field widened to encompass adverbial uses indicating exactness or recent occurrence, such as in the terms "刚好" or "刚才". In the simplified writing system, the character 刚 replaces 岡 with 冈 while retaining the knife radical in the form of 刂, thus simplifying the graphic structure without altering the fundamental relationship between its components and meanings.
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我刚到北京。
我刚刚吃完午饭。
他刚离开公司。
这双鞋刚买就坏了。
他性格刚强，从不轻易放弃。
她刚才说的话很有道理。
他的观点刚好和我的相反。
经过刚才的讨论，问题刚刚得到澄清。