坚硬 (jiānyìng) — hard, solid

Characters in this word

Strokes: 12
Radical: 石 — stone, rock, mineral
Made of: 石 stone, rock, mineral 更 more, further
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

这块土地被太阳晒得很坚硬，必须先浇水再翻土。 Zhè kuài tǔdì bèi tàiyáng shài de hěn jiānyìng, bìxū xiān jiāo shuǐ zài fān tǔ. This piece of land has been baked hard by the sun, so it must be watered before the soil is turned.
这种石头非常坚硬，普通的工具很难切开。 Zhè zhǒng shítou fēicháng jiānyìng, pǔtōng de gōngjù hěn nán qiēkāi. This kind of stone is very hard, and ordinary tools can hardly cut it.
核桃的外壳很坚硬，要用锤子才能打开。 Hétao de wàiké hěn jiānyìng, yào yòng chuízi cáinéng dǎkāi. The shell of a walnut is very hard and can only be opened with a hammer.