gāng
ridge or crest of hill
Simplified form of 岡. Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 网 represents the sound. The traditional component 山 was removed for simplification.
Components
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 冈
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
ridge | ||
Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region | ||
Vatican City | ||
Oregon | ||
Oregon |
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