gǎng

post

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
山 meaning component

  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

冈 sound component

  Sound component

gāng

  

ridge or crest of hill

Evolution

岗 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
岗 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

gǎng

post; position; mound; policeman's beat

Most common words with 岗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

岗位

a post

mound

下岗

laid-off

上岗

to take up one's post

站岗

to stand guard

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 6.0067% of movies

2255th most common character in movies

1795th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+5C97


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