冈
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ridge; mound
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 冂 +2
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 岡
- Common rank
- #1,715
- Unicode
- U+5188
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Formation & memory
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How 冈 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
Simplified form of 岡, clouds 网 forming over a mountain 山
Components 冂 乂
How to remember it
ridge of a hill · Heisig RSH #1170
glass cover + sheaf
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 冈
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冈底斯山 | Mt Gangdisê (6656m) in southwest Tibet, revered by Tibetans as the center of the universe | |
| 冈底斯山脉 | Gangdisê mountain range in southwest Tibet | |
| 冈山区 | Gangshan District in Kaohsiung, Taiwan | |
| 黄冈市 | Huanggang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] | |
| 井冈山市 | Jinggangshan, a county-level city in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi | |
| 青冈县 | Qinggang, a county in Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 冈比亚 | Gambia | |
| 武冈市 | Wugang, a county-level city in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 云冈区 | Yungang, a district of Datong City 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 佛冈县 | Fogang, a county in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 冈仁波齐 | Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet; also called Mount Kailash | |
| 凤冈县 | Fenggang, a county in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 冈仁波齐峰 | Mount Gang Rinpoche or Mount Kailash (6,638 m) in Tibet | |
| 井冈山 | Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region | |
| 井冈山 | see 井岡山市|井冈山市[Jing3 gang1 shan1 Shi4] | |
| 山冈 | mound; small hill | |
| 冈山 | Okayama (prefecture in Japan) | |
| 拉冈 | Lacan (psychoanalyst) | |
| 黄冈 | see 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4] | |
| 冈上肌 | supraspinatus muscle |
Sound family
These characters use 冈 as their sound component — compare how they read.