Chinese Character 岡 Meanings and components.

Form

岡

Meaning

岡 meaning[3] in English

Ridge.

Mound.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 岡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (冂) , and (屰)

Its radical[1] is: 山 (shan1) which means: Surname Shan, .山shan1surname Shan

In cangjie it is written with BTU

How to write 岡

To write岡gang1ridge you should write a combination of 冂jiong1radical in … , 屰ni4 arranged in a 回 shape:

冂 + 屰 = 岡

岡 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 岡 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 岡, looks as follow:

岡
Pinyin:gang1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Ridge . Mound
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
屰
Pinyin:ni4 Shape:吕
䒑
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
屮
Pinyin:che4
Meaning[3]: Plants Sprouting

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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