岗
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(bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,327 U+5C97
How 岗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
山 (semantic, “mountain”) + 冈 (phonetic, gāng)
How to remember it
hillock · Heisig RSH #2540
山 mountain + 冈 ridge of a hill
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 冈
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 冈 (gāng) — 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 |
| 纲 | gāng | program, outline; principle, guiding thread |
Words containing 岗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄花岗起义 | Huáng huā gǎng qǐ yì | Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful u… |
| 红花岗区 | Hóng huā gǎng Qū | Honghuagang, a district of Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 西岗区 | Xī gǎng Qū | Xigang, a district of Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 南岗区 | Nán gǎng Qū | Nangang, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 岗巴县 | Gǎng bā Xiàn | Kamba, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet |
| 红岗区 | Hóng gǎng Qū | Honggang, a district of Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市[Da4 qing4 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 花岗石 | huā gāng shí | granite |
| 龙岗区 | Lóng gǎng Qū | Longgang, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 红花岗 | Hóng huā gǎng | see 紅花崗區|红花岗区[Hong2 hua1 gang3 Qu1] |
| 黄花岗 | Huáng huā gǎng | Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April… |
| 岗位工资 | gǎng wèi gōng zī | 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 | Huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì | the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 |
| 岗子 | gǎng zi | mound; hillock; welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc) |
| 花岗岩 | huā gāng yán | granite |
| 岗地 | gǎng dì | non-irrigated farmland on low hills |
| 上岗 | shàng gǎng | to take up one's post; to go on duty; to take up a job |
| 西岗 | Xī gǎng | see 西崗區|西岗区[Xi1 gang3 Qu1] |
| 下岗 | xià gǎng | (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off |
| 门岗 | mén gǎng | gate |
| 南岗 | Nán gǎng | see 南崗區|南岗区[Nan2 gang3 Qu1] |