岗gǎng
post; position. 7 strokes, radical 山, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin gǎngStrokes 7Radical 山Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 岗
Strokes 1–3 write 山, then strokes 4–7 write 冈.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 岗 · the stroke-order rules
What 岗 is made of
山 (shān, mountain) and 冈 (gāng, ridge or crest of hill).
山 carries the meaning — mountain — and 冈 carries the sound.
Words that use 岗
| 岗位 | post, position (job) 指工作中承担的具体职责位置 青年工人坚守平凡岗位，敢于攻坚克难。Young workers held fast to their ordinary post. Lesson 580, 立足岗位 · 笃行固本与筑基致远 · Solid Roots & High-Tech Aspirations |
Characters that share the sound part 冈
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 山
All 7 of them, and what the radical means, on the 山 radical page.