Chinese symbol for “ridge”
冈
gāng
Traditional: 岡
ridge; mound
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ridge is 冈 (gāng), defined as: ridge; mound.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ridge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嵴 | jí | ridge; crest |
| 镶 (鑲) | xiāng | to inlay; to embed |
| 脊 | jǐ | (bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge |
| 岗子 (崗子) | gǎng zi | mound; hillock; welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ridge”.
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.