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Kanji Detail for 岡 - "hill"

岡

  • Meaning

    岡 means "hill." Also associated with mound, elevation.

    1. Hill - A small elevated area of land.

    2. Mound - A small hill or ridge.

    3. Elevation - A raised area.

  • Words using 岡

    • 福岡 ふくおか Listen Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
    • 静岡 しずおか Listen Shizuoka (city, prefecture)

  • Four-character idioms with 岡

    • 岡目八目 おかめはちもく Listen bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation; onlookers see more of the game than the players do

  • Tattoo check: 岡

    • Verified meaning: hill
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おか)
    • Also carries these associations: mound, elevation

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 岡

    Surnames 岡(おか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mount; hill; knoll

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ridge or crest of hill

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ridge; mound

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ridge or crest of hill

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A mountain ridge.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    oka(おか) おか

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    hill mound elevation mountain knoll altitude bluff crag elevated eminence ground height land peak ridge rise slope summit tor

Sentences including 岡

  • It is ten years since i came to live in shizuoka.

  • Is okayama a big city?

  • I visited fukuoka ten years ago.

  • I've never been beyond okayama.

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