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gāng

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gāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gāng | gang1
English translation
ridge or crest of hill

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About gāng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

gāng

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Clouds  wǎng forming over a mountain  Shān

Etymology of gāng

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

jiōng ⿱? Shān

Explanation

Simplified form of gāng . Phonosemantic compound. Shān represents the meaning and wǎng represents the sound. The traditional component Shān was removed for simplification.

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Words with gāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gāng ridge gāng
井冈山 Jǐng gāng Shān Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region井岡山
梵蒂冈 Fàn dì gāng Vatican City梵蒂岡
俄勒冈州 É lè gāng zhōu Oregon俄勒岡州
俄勒冈 É lè gāng Oregon俄勒岡
福冈 Fú gāng Fukuoka, city in Kyushyu, Japan福岡
黄冈 Huáng gāng Huanggang prefecture-level city in Hubei黃岡
冈比亚 Gāng bǐ yà Gambia岡比亞
黄冈市 Huáng gāng shì Huanggang prefecture-level city in Hubei黃岡市
静冈县 Jìng gāng xiàn Shizuoka prefecture southwest of Tokyo, Japan靜岡縣
山冈 shān gāng mound山岡
凤冈县 Fèng gāng xiàn Fenggang county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义 Zūn yì [Zūn​yì], Guizhou鳳岡縣
凤冈 Fèng gāng Fenggang county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义 Zūn yì [Zūn​yì], Guizhou鳳岡
云冈石窟 Yún gāng Shí kū Yungang Caves at Datong 大同 Dà tóng , Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 雲岡石窟

gāng Decomposition & Compounds

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