崗

See also: 岗 and 岡
崗 U+5D17, 崗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D17
← 崖
[U+5D16] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 崘 →
[U+5D18]

Translingual

Han character

崗 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山月廿山 (UBTU), four-corner 22227, composition ⿱山岡)

Derived characters
  • 𣙋, 𬬀

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 314, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8221
  • Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 780, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5D17

Chinese

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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) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ).

Etymology

The same word as 岡／冈 (gāng). See 岡／冈 (gāng) for etymology.

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • kang - vernacular;
  • kong - literary.
Note:
  • geng1 - vernacular;
  • gang1 - literary.

Definitions

崗

  1. hillock; mound
  2. lookout post
    崗哨／岗哨  ―  gǎngshào  ―  sentry post
    崗樓／岗楼  ―  gǎnglóu  ―  watchtower
  3. sentry

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

崗

  1. Alternative form of 岡／冈
Usage notes

In 花崗石／花岗石 (huāgāngshí, “granite”) and 花崗岩／花岗岩 (huāgāngyán, “granite”), 崗／岗 (gǎng) is generally used instead of 岡／冈 (gāng). In other cases, 岡／冈 (gāng) is recommended.

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

崗

  1. (dialectal) Only used in 崗尖／岗尖 (“brimful”).

Japanese

Kanji
崗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Korean

Hanja

崗 (eumhun 산등성이 강 (sandeungseong'i gang))

  1. Alternative form of 岡 (“Hanja form? of 강 (“hill”).”)

References

Vietnamese

Han character

崗: Hán Nôm readings: cương

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