冈

See also: 岡

冈 U+5188, 冈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5188 ← 冇 [U+5187] CJK Unified Ideographs 冉 → [U+5189]

Translingual

Han character

冈 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 月大 (BK), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿴冂㐅)

Derived characters

• 㧏, 㭎, 䋄, 纲, 钢, 刚, 岗

Additional Derived Characters

• 𫩚, 𰉙, 𰑂, 𰠫, 𱮴, 𥐻, 𥘝, 𧈿, 𨊾, 𫇪, 𰪑, 𰣢, 𰁺, 𡧝, 𨳠, 𦊖, 𦦝, 𢨍, 𨐄, 𥲓, 𥵭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 128, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 97, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5188

Chinese

Glyph origin 1

Historical forms of the character 冈
Shang		Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Shizhoupian script	Ancient script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) – a net.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 冈 – see 网. (This character is an ancient form of 网).

Glyph origin 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 冈 – see 岡 (“ridge or crest of a mountain; mountain; hill”). (This character is the simplified form of 岡).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.