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冈 is the simplified form of the traditional character 岡, which was a phonosemantic compound combining the meaning component 山 (mountain) with the sound component 网. During simplification the 山 was removed, leaving the modern shape 冈 , an outer frame 冂 enclosing the crossed strokes 㐅. The character refers to a low ridge, hill, or elevated spine, describing rolling terrain features rather than towering peaks, and it remains common in place names for hills and mounds.
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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。
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