The Chinese Radical: 冈


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mound, ridge of a mountain    冈

Explanation With two crosses it is seen as a dragnet/trawl net .

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
hard, firm, enduring, just, barely
gāng
Left: hill (image of a hill), right: cutting/knife
(Is probably a gristle/cartilage in the meat?) A "hill" (= a thickening) is for cutting with a knife: particularly hard.
JLPT HSK 4
steel
gāng
Left: metal 钅/, right: hill (=岡 Here as a bloomery hearth for steel smelting, in which iron ore and charcoal were stacked alternately as a hill).
The metal from this hill (= oven) is steel.
JLPT HSK 5
guiding principle, key link, main point, class (taxonomy)
gāng
Left: thread 纟/, right: hill /岡
Threads and equally also hills can be guiding points/principles.
JLPT HSK 6
guard/post, position, job, mound
gǎng
Top: mountain , below: hill /岡 (image of a hill)
The mountain and hill stand for the elevated position of a guard and generalized for a position or job.
JLPT no HSK
mound, hill, ridge of a mountain
gāng
Outside: frame , inside: cross (simplified from 岡)
Image of a hill, where the cross emphasizes its size.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.




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