岡 (gong1 | gang1) : ridge of a hill

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岡

gong1

gang1

[1] ridge or crest of a hill
[2] low hill; hillock

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 山 (#46)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

岡 / 冈

This word has been viewed 4155 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Sep 2009 01:04

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梵蒂岡 faan4 dai3 gong1 fan4 di4 gang1 = Vatican

福岡 fuk1 gong1 fu2 gang1 = Fukuoka

鳳岡 fung6 gong1 feng4 gang1 = Fenggang (place in Guizhou)

井岡山 zing2 gong1 saan1 jing3 gang1 shan1 = Jinggangshan (city in Jiangxi)

佛岡 fat6 gong1 fo2 gang1 = Fogang (place in Guangdong)

武岡 mou5 gong1 wu3 gang1 = Wugang (city in Hunan)

寧岡 ning4 gong1 ning2 gang1 = Ninggang (place in Jiangxi)

福岡縣 fuk1 gong1 jyun6 = Fukuoka prefecture (Japan)

俄勒岡州 ngo4 laak6 gong1 e2 le4 gang1 = Oregon, U. S. State

岡山鎮 gong1 saan1 zan3 gang1 shan1 zhen4 = Kangshan (town in Taiwan)
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 岡
Unicode code for this character: U+5ca1 (off-site link)

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