崗
gǎng

post

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 Chinese
Zhengzhangklaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

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