岡 gāng
: ridge; mound; crest hill
Kun Reading
岡 OR 丘 | おか oka
noun
: hill; height; knoll; rising ground
On Reading
コウ kou
Usage:
岡[冈]山 gang1shan1: Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣, southwest Taiwan; Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan’s main island Honshū 本州
福岡[冈] fu2gang1: Fukuoka, city in Kyushyu, Japan
岡[冈]山 gang1shan1: Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣, southwest Taiwan; Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan’s main island Honshū 本州
[岡山県 | おかやまけん okayamaken: Okayama prefecture (Chuugoku area)]
岡[冈]上肌 gang1 shang4 ji1: supraspinatus muscle
岡[冈]下肌 gang1 xia4 ji1: infraspinatus muscle
山岡[冈] shan1’gang1: mound; small hill [やまおか yamaoka: Yamaoka OR やまもと yamamoto: Yamamoto]
福岡[冈] fu2gang1: Fukuoka, city in Kyushyu, Japan
[福岡 | ふくおか fukuoka: Fukuoka (city)]
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
岡焼き | おかやき okayaki: jealousy; envy
岡目八目 | おかめはちもく okamu bachimoku
: (yoji) bystander’s vantage point; outsider’s better grasp of the situation;
: (Expression) onlookers see more of the game than the players do; lit: people watching a game of Go see 8 moves further ahead
Etymology:
岡 gang1: ridge or crest of hill =
冂 jiong1: wide radical 13 +
䒑 cao3: (non-classical form of 艸 grass radical 140) grass; straw; herbs; weeds +
山 shan1: mountain, hill, peak
岡 gang1: ridge or crest of hill =
冂 jiong1: wide radical 13 +
䒑 cao3: (non-classical form of 艸 grass radical 140) grass; straw; herbs; weeds +
山 shan1: mountain, hill, peak
簡體 Simplified.
冈. Created as generic character simplification #34 (岡 » 冈).
Semantic:
崗 gang3: post; position
[おかざき okazaki, おか oka. on: コウ kou]
Examples:
私は静岡出身です。
わたしはしずおかしゅっしんです watashi wa shizuoka shusshin desu
I am from Shizuoka.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
