冈 (gāng): ridge

Meanings

Xiǎo gāng shàng zhǎngmǎn le yěhuā.

The small ridge was covered with wildflowers.

Tāmen fānguò le yī dào shāngāng.

They crossed over a ridge.

usage

冈 is rarely used alone in modern Chinese. It mostly appears in place names (井冈山, 冈山) and the compound 山冈 (mountain ridge).

井冈山 Jǐnggāngshān

Jinggang Mountains

revolutionary base — literally 'Well Ridge Mountain'

静冈 Jìnggāng

Shizuoka (Japan)

Japanese prefecture — Chinese name means 'quiet ridge'

冈 gāng