冈(gāng)

HSK 7-94 strokesTrad. 岡

ridge

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Character information

Pinyin
gāng
Meaning
ridge; mound
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
岡

Origin & structure

Where 冈 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿵冂乂

Simplified form of 岡, clouds 网 forming over a mountain 山

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

冂jiōng乂yì

Parts are arranged enclosing from above.

Traditional form 岡: Clouds 网 forming over a mountain 山

How to write 冈 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 冈

Common words using 冈 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shān山gāng冈
HSK 7-9

mound; small hill

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fó佛gāng冈

see 佛冈县

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gāng冈shān山

Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄县, southwest Tai…

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jǐng井gāng冈shān山

Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region

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fó佛gāng冈xiàn县

Fogang, a county in Qingyuan City 清远市, Guangdong

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é俄lè勒gāng冈

Oregon

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é俄lè勒gāng冈zhōu州

Oregon

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gāng冈běn本

Okamoto (Japanese surname and place name)

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 冈’s common words

山佛井县俄勒州本

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