岗

崗
gāng
#1,793 most
frequent character
variant of 岡|冈 [gang1]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

山 mountain is the meaning part; 冈 gāng adds meaning, 'mountain ridge,' and supplies the sound. The first sense was 'mountain ridge.' Read gǎng, it grew to 'mound' and 'outpost.'

Ask DeepSeek

Same Characters, Different Readings

岗gǎng
(bound form) hillock, mound

Homophones

刚gāng
just
缸gāng
vat, jar, crock
钢gāng
steel
纲gāng
head rope of a fishing net

Your word lists

Sign in to add this word to your private lists.