mount, hill, knoll
On'yomi (音読み)
- コウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- おか
About this kanji
The kanji 岡 (oka) primarily means "hill" or "mount." It is often used as a noun to describe elevated land forms. For example, in the city names 福岡 (Fukuoka) and 静岡 (Shizuoka), 岡 denotes a geographical feature, highlighting the area's terrain. There are also compounds like 岡辺 (okabe), which means "vicinity of a hill," and 岡山 (Okayama), another city name. When you see this kanji, it often relates to locations that are hilly or have some elevation, making it useful for discussing geography in Japan.
Example sentences
この岡の上から眺める景色は素晴らしい。
The view from atop this hill is wonderful.
Meanings across languages
- English
- mount, hill, knoll
- Tiếng Việt
- đồi
- 日本語
- 丘, 山
- 한국어
- 언덕
- 中文
- 冈, 山丘
- id
- bukit
- th
- เนินเขา
- es
- morro
- fr
- colline
- de
- Hügel
- pt
- monte
Common compounds
- 福岡ふくおかFukuoka (city, prefecture)
- 静岡しずおかShizuoka (city, prefecture)
- 岡辺おかべvicinity of a hill
- 岡陵こうりょうhill
- 岡山おかやまOkayama (city, prefecture)
- 盛岡もりおかMorioka (city in Iwate)
- 岡三おかさんOkasan
- 岡大おかだいOkayama University (abbr)
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