Chinese symbol for “hillock”
岗
gǎng
Traditional: 崗
(bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hillock is 岗 (gǎng), defined as: (bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hillock”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丘 (坵) | qiū | hillock; mound (variant of 丘 (qiū)) |
| 丘 | qiū | mound; hillock |
| 岗子 (崗子) | gǎng zi | mound; hillock; welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc) |
| 土丘 | tǔ qiū | mound; hillock |
| 土岗 (土崗) | tǔ gǎng | mound; hillock |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 岗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岗位 (崗位) | gǎng wèi | a post; a job |
| 下岗 (下崗) | xià gǎng | (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off |
| 上岗 (上崗) | shàng gǎng | to take up one's post; to go on duty; to take up a job |
| 花岗岩 (花崗岩) | huā gāng yán | granite |
| 站岗 (站崗) | zhàn gǎng | to stand guard; to serve on sentry duty |
| 花岗石 (花崗石) | huā gāng shí | granite |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hillock”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.