崗

See also: 岗 and 岡

Translingual

Han character

崗 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山月廿山 (UBTU), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿱山岡)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 314, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8221
• Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 780, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5D17

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Chinese

trad.		崗
simp.		岗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (岡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
岡	*klaːŋ
崗	*klaːŋ
剛	*klaːŋ
掆	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
鋼	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
綱	*klaːŋ
犅	*klaːŋ
堈	*klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *klaːŋ) : semantic 山 (“hill”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎng (gang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kang / kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎng
    • Wade–Giles: kang³
    • Yale: gǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaang
    • Palladius: ган (gan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang / kong
    • Tâi-lô: kang / kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafng, kofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³/, /kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴/, /kɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	崗
Reading #	1/1
No.	3712
Phonetic component	岡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	岡
Old Chinese	/*klaːŋ/
Notes	俗岡字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 崗

1. hillock; mound
2. lookout post

   崗哨／岗哨  ―  gǎngshào  ―  sentry post

   崗樓／岗楼  ―  gǎnglóu  ―  watchtower

3. sentry

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Japanese

Kanji

崗

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: おか (oka, 崗)

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Korean

Hanja

崗 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 崗 (cương)

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