岡

See also: 𫝍 and 冈

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 网 + 山

Originally a net 网 representing clouds over a mountain 山.

References

• Richard Sears, "岡" (in English/Mandarin), Chinese Etymology. URL accessed on 2014-02-26.

Han character

岡 (radical 46 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月廿山 (BTU), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿵冂⿱䒑山)

1. ridge or crest of hill

Derived terms

• 剛, 鋼, 崗, 罁, 綱, 掆, 棡, 犅, 碙, 堈

References

• KangXi: page 308, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7962
• Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 100, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5CA1

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Chinese

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trad.		岡
simp.		冈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: kang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
    • Tâi-lô: kong
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (岡, reconstructed)
Character (岡), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 唐 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古郎切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɑŋ/	/kɑŋ/	/kɑŋ/	/kɑŋ/	/kaŋ/	/kɑŋ/	/kɑŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (岡, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
岡					3711					岡					陽					0					岡					/*klaːŋ/					說文從山網聲

Noun

岡

1. ridge or crest of a hill, mound

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Kanji

岡

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: おか (oka)

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Korean

Hanja

岡 (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

岡 (cương)

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