gāng ridge; mound

Made up of [ jiōng covering box radical 13]
Used as component in : gāng ; gāng
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 4 strokes.
Originally there was a mountain within the box now it is a cross mark. Used mainly as a phonetic in other characters

Related characters


Also uses jiōng component: jiàn (see) (beautiful) ; liǎng (pair) ; nán (south) ; nèi (inner) ; shàng (still) ; shāng (commerce) ; tóng (same) ; wǎng (net) ; (rain) ; zài (again) ; zhōu (circuit)

Sounds same

gāng (hard) ; gāng (guiding principle)

Different tone

gǎng (harbor)

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