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岡

Hill
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingおか

Meanings

  1. hill
  2. mountRtK
  3. knoll
  1. height
  2. rising ground
  3. bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mount · glass canopy · hood (冂) · mountain goat · horns · mountain (山)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2112

Compound words

日曜日に福岡マラソンが行われた。
The Fukuoka Marathon was held on Sunday.tatoeba
日岡公園から貴社へはどうやって行ったらよいでしょうか。
How do I get to your office from Hioka Park?tatoeba
静岡市の人口はどれくらいですか。
How large is the population of Shizuoka City?tatoeba
静岡産のお茶と宇治産のお茶では何が違いますか。
Is there any difference between the tea from Shizuoka and that from Uzi?tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

明治二十年になって、父は静岡に転任し、
めいじにじゅうねんになって、ちちはしずおかにてんにんし、In 1887, my father was transferred to Shizuoka,
静岡県にも「のぞみ」止まってよ!
しずおかけんにも「のぞみ」とまってよ!Nozomi should stop in Shizuoka too!
富士山を静岡側で見るか、山梨側で見るかを問題提起する。
ふじさんをしずおかがわでみるか、やまなしがわでみるかをもんだいていきする。Raising the question of whether to see Mount Fuji from the Shizuoka or Yamanashi side.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Hill. 冂 + 山 (mountain) — a small rise. Found in names: 岡山, 静岡.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 岡

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step