岗

崗
gǎng
#1,793 most
frequent character
(bound form) hillock, mound

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.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

岗gāng
variant of 岡|冈 [gang1]

Homophones

港gǎng
port

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