岡

See also: 𫝍 and 冈

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 剛(刚), 鋼(钢), 崗(岗), 罁, 綱(纲), 掆(㧏), 棡(㭎), 犅, 碙, 堈

Related characters

• 冈 (Simplified Chinese)

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		岡
simp.		冈*
alternative forms		崗／岗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (岡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
岡	*klaːŋ
崗	*klaːŋ
剛	*klaːŋ
掆	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
鋼	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
綱	*klaːŋ
犅	*klaːŋ
堈	*klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klaːŋ) : phonetic 网 (OC *mlaŋʔ) + semantic 山 (“mountain”).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-gaŋ (“hill, ridge, mountain”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007), cognate with Tibetan [script needed] (sgang), Burmese [script needed] (khaŋ, “hill, knoll”), Burmese အခေါင် (a.hkaung, “summit”), Lahu qhɔ³³ (“mountain”), Sulung gɹaŋ³³ (“mountain”), Proto-Tamangic *ᴬgaŋ ("hill, mountain").

STEDT also proposes cognacy with *京 (OC *kraŋ, “artificial mound, capital”) and *鯨 (OC *ɡraŋ, “whale”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 岡

1. ridge or crest of a mountain
2. mountain; hill

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Japanese

Kanji

岡

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. hill

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: おか (oka, 岡, Jōyō ^†)^{←をか (woka, 岡, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

岡 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 岡 (cương)

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