冈
gāng HSK7

ridge or crest of hill

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approved by Peter Olson · Jun 21, 2021, 08:31 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 21, 2021, 08:31 PM

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Simplified form of 岡. Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 网 represents the sound. The traditional component 山 was removed for simplification.

Components

山
山 Deleted component

The traditional component 山 was removed for simplification.

网
网 SoundSimplified component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“网，庖犧所結繩以漁。从冂，下象网交文。，网或从亡；，网或从糸；，古文网；，籀文网。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)