岗卡 gǎngqiǎ checkpoint Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 岗 gǎng, gāng post Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 冈 represents the sound. Simplified form of 崗. Components 山 山 Meaning component shān mountain 冈 冈 Sound component gāng ridge or crest of hill Sources Readings & variants Unicode 卡 kǎ stuck Origin unclear, but typically explained as being stuck between something above (上) and something below (下). The uses of 卡 to mean "card" or "calorie" are foreign phonetic loans. Components 上 上 Iconic component shàng, shang up 下 下 Iconic component xià, xia under Component uses Sound (0 of 3 verified) 咔胩佧 Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 崗 gǎng, gāng post Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 岡 represents the sound. Components 山 山 Meaning component shān mountain 岡 岡 Sound component gāng ridge or crest of hill Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangklaːŋ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang