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冈 - gāng

ridge or crest of hill

ridge or crest of hill

How to read 冈

Click 冈 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyingāng
Englishridge or crest of hill
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

冈山 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 冈本. Please read 冈田 one more time.

Common words with this character

Okayama
Okamoto
Okada
see 佛岡縣|佛冈县[Fo2 gang1 Xian4]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 冈 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 冈山 and 冈本 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 冈.