Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 志刚, 之刚, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ʈ͡ʂi.kɑŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 志 (zhì) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or 之 (zhī), a possessive marker, combined with 刚 (gāng) meaning "hard, rigid, strong". Other character combinations can form this name as well.