冈
ridge; mound
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,715 U+5188
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.
Characters built with 冈 as their sound component
These characters all use 冈 (gāng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冈 sound component | gāng | ridge or crest of hill |
| 钢 | gāng | steel; hard, strong, tough |
| 刚 | gāng | hard, strong, tough; just, barely |
| 岗 | gǎng | post; position |
| 纲 | gāng | program, outline; principle, guiding thread |
Words containing 冈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冈底斯山 | Gāng dǐ sī shān | Mt Gangdisê (6656m) in southwest Tibet, revered by Tibetans as the center of the universe |
| 冈底斯山脉 | Gāng dǐ sī shān mài | Gangdisê mountain range in southwest Tibet |
| 冈山区 | Gāng shān Qū | Gangshan District in Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| 黄冈市 | Huáng gāng Shì | Huanggang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] |
| 井冈山市 | Jǐng gāng shān Shì | Jinggangshan, a county-level city in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 青冈县 | Qīng gāng Xiàn | Qinggang, a county in Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 冈比亚 | Gāng bǐ yà | Gambia |
| 武冈市 | Wǔ gāng Shì | Wugang, a county-level city in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 云冈区 | Yún gāng Qū | Yungang, a district of Datong City 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 佛冈县 | Fó gāng Xiàn | Fogang, a county in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 冈仁波齐 | Gāng rén bō qí | Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet; also called Mount Kailash |
| 凤冈县 | Fèng gāng Xiàn | Fenggang, a county in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 冈仁波齐峰 | Gāng rén bō qí Fēng | Mount Gang Rinpoche or Mount Kailash (6,638 m) in Tibet |
| 井冈山 | Jǐng gāng Shān | Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region |
| 井冈山 | Jǐng gāng shān | see 井岡山市|井冈山市[Jing3 gang1 shan1 Shi4] |
| 山冈 | shān gāng | mound; small hill |
| 冈山 | Gāng shān | Okayama (prefecture in Japan) |
| 拉冈 | Lā gāng | Lacan (psychoanalyst) |
| 黄冈 | Huáng gāng | see 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4] |
| 冈上肌 | gāng shàng jī | supraspinatus muscle |