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岡 (Kangxi radical 46,山+5, 8 strokes,cangjie input月廿山 (BTU),four-corner77220,composition⿵𦉰山)
| trad. | 岡 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 冈* | |
| alternative forms | 崗/岗 | |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*klaːŋ): phonetic 网(OC*mlaŋʔ) + semantic 山(“mountain”).
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*kaŋ(“hill, ridge, mountain”) (STEDT,Schuessler, 2007), cognate withTibetanསྒང(sgang,“ridge; mound”),Burmeseခင်(hkang,“ridge”),Burmeseအခေါင်(a.hkaung,“summit”),Lahuqhɔ³³(“mountain”),Puroikgɹaŋ³³(“mountain”), Proto-Tamangic *ᴬgaŋ ("hill, mountain").
STEDT also proposes cognacy with京 (OC*kraŋ, “artificial mound, capital”) and鯨 (OC*ɡraŋ, “whale”).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 岡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古郎切 |
| Baxter | kang |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gong1 |
岡
| Kanji in this term |
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| 岡 |
| おか Grade: 4 |
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| For pronunciation and definitions of岡 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,岡, is an alternative spelling(only in proper nouns) of the above term.) |
FromMiddle Chinese岡 (MC kang). Recorded asMiddle Korean崗/가ᇰ(kang) (Yale:kang) inHunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

岡 (eumhun산등성이강(sandeungseong'i gang))
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