崗 (gǎng) — a ridge, mound; a sentry post, a position

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崗 character · B1 (est.)

崗＝山＋岡

ㄍㄤˇ · gǎng

noun — a ridge, mound; a sentry post, a position

字源 FORM — what the parts do

山義a mountain — the high ground

岡聲gāng — gives the sounda ridge line, a net (网) of rock over a hill

Tgāng → gǎng — the tone moved off the donor

A mountain (山) set over 岡, a ridge — the raised spine of a hill, a mound. 岡 carries the sound, the tone shifting from gāng to gǎng. From high ground a soldier stands on comes the sentry post and any post one holds: 崗位、站崗、山崗.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一道山脊（岡）上，又添一座山（山），哨兵就站在最高處。

On a ridge (岡), one more mountain (山) is set, and the sentry stands at its peak.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)山崗— a ridge, mound

→崗哨、站崗— a sentry post; to stand guard

→崗位— a post, position常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension