岗
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(bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 山 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 崗
- Common rank
- #1,327
- Unicode
- U+5C97
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Formation & memory
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Words with 岗
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄花岗起义 | Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful u… | |
| 红花岗区 | Honghuagang, a district of Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 西岗区 | Xigang, a district of Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 南岗区 | Nangang, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 岗巴县 | Kamba, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet | |
| 红岗区 | Honggang, a district of Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市[Da4 qing4 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 花岗石 | granite | |
| 龙岗区 | Longgang, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 红花岗 | see 紅花崗區|红花岗区[Hong2 hua1 gang3 Qu1] | |
| 黄花岗 | Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April… | |
| 岗位工资 | standard salary for a specific job (contrasted with performance pay 績效工資|绩效工资[ji4 xiao4 go… | |
| 黄花岗七十二烈士 | the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 | |
| 岗子 | mound; hillock; welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc) | |
| 花岗岩 | granite | |
| 岗地 | non-irrigated farmland on low hills | |
| 上岗 | to take up one's post; to go on duty; to take up a job | |
| 西岗 | see 西崗區|西岗区[Xi1 gang3 Qu1] | |
| 下岗 | (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off | |
| 门岗 | gate | |
| 南岗 | see 南崗區|南岗区[Nan2 gang3 Qu1] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 冈 — compare how they read.