gāng = g + ang1
ridge / mound
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How to pronounce 岡

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= g initial

G is for Guy Fawkes.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

岡 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 岡 as component

gǎng = g + ang3
mound / policeman's beat
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gāng = g + ang1
variant of 岡|冈 [gang1]
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gǎng = g + ang3
(bound form) hillock; mound / sentry post; policeman's beat / (bound form) job; post
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Words with 岡

Mt Gangdisê (6656m) in southwest Tibet, revered by Tibetans as the center of the universe
Gangdisê mountain range in southwest Tibet
Okamoto (Japanese surname and place name)

Sentences with 岡

岡 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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gāng

ridge / mound

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