冈 — Chinese character
冈
gāng
ridge or crest of hill
- Pinyin
- gāng
- Radical
- 13 ⼌ (Down Box)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 冂 乂
- Formation
- pictographic — Simplified form of 岡, clouds 网 forming over a mountain 山
- Traditional
- 岡
Common words with 冈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山冈 (山岡) | shān gāng | mound; small hill |
| 茨冈 (茨岡) | cí gāng | (loanword) tzigane; gypsy |
| 冈上肌 (岡上肌) | gāng shàng jī | supraspinatus muscle |
| 冈下肌 (岡下肌) | gāng xià jī | infraspinatus muscle |
English words written with 冈
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.