Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 岗

岗

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Meaning

 guard/post, position, job, mound

Pronunciation

 gǎng

Explanation

 Top: mountain 山, below: hill 冈/岡 (image of a hill)

Mnemonic

The mountain and hill stand for the elevated position of a guard and generalized for a position or job.

Radicals

山 mountain
冈 mound, ridge of a mountain(With two crosses 㐅 it is seen as a dragnet/trawl net 网.)
龹 security guard(person 人 with high lifted arms ) and two blocking bars 二. (ONLY IN Japanese this is visible in 'border guard' 関))
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Vocabulary

岗位 gǎng wèi a post; a job

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