Dong Chinese dictionary

gāng

ridge or crest of hill

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 网 represents the sound.

Components

山 Meaning component

shān

mountain

网 Sound component

wǎng

net

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 网 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

gāng

ridge or crest of hill; ridge; mound

Most common words with 岡

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	冈	ridge
	井冈山	Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region
	梵蒂冈	Vatican City
	俄勒冈州	Oregon
	俄勒冈	Oregon

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (2 verified)

Sources