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The character "冈" finds its origin in the traditional form "岡", a composite structure where the semantic element "山" denotes its association with mountainous features while the component "网" historically served a phonetic function, together conveying the idea of a ridge or hill. This etymological construction has consistently informed its meaning, which has remained focused on describing elevated landforms without significant alteration. The modern incarnation "冈" represents a graphical simplification that preserves the essential concept through a reduced stroke count, though it no longer explicitly incorporates the mountain radical, yet the character's fundamental sense persists unchanged in denoting such geographical formations.
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那个山冈很高。
我们爬上了山冈。
冈上有很多树木。
夕阳照在山冈上。
这座冈峦起伏不断。
他们住在冈下的村庄里。
井冈山是革命圣地。
车辆沿着冈脊缓缓行驶。