hard / stiff / strong / firm / resolutely / doggedly / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial

= + : Maud Younger (y) finds the snake which ate too much (更) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), and it feels miserable. To make the snake feel better Maud massages the snake using two warm stones (石). As Maud massages the snakebshe finds that the snake's belly is really hard (硬).

硬 character breakdown

to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
more / even more / further / still / still more

= + : 人心不足,蛇吞象: A person who always wants more is like a snake which wants to eat an elephant.

= + : Guy Fawkes found a snake who ate an elephant in the engine's bathroom, and now it can't move anymore. Together with his friends Bigfoot and the sun, he carries it out of the bathroom.
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]

= + : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]

Characters with 硬 as component

硬 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 硬

hardening of the arteries / arteriosclerosis
to freeze solid / frozen stiff
susceptible to force but not persuasion
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
see 刀子嘴,豆腐心[dao1 zi5 zui3 , dou4 fu5 xin1]
to get tough / to use force

Sentences with 硬

硬 currently does not appear in any sentence.