mount, hill, knoll
岡 centers on a raised landform smaller than a mountain: a hill or knoll. The mount sense is a natural extension of a prominent hill.
岡 combines 山 (mountain) with 网 (net) or a similar element, originally depicting a net-like shape on a hill, possibly indicating a hill with a distinctive outline. The modern form retains the hill meaning.
The outer 冂 frames a hill shape with inner strokes suggesting a knoll. Picture a hill rising inside a boundary: 岡 is a hill or knoll.
For コウ, imagine a cow grazing on a hill: cow -> コウ, and the cow stands on the knoll.
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
Okayama (city, prefecture)
Morioka (city in Iwate)
Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794)
Okayama University
Fukuoka University
Shizuoka University
Okasan
Okayama University of Science
judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner
Ōoka Echizen (televised period drama; 1970-1999)
Osaka Yukioka College of Health Science
hired thief taker (Edo period); private secret policeman; private detective
Okasan Holdings
red-light district
Okayama University (abbr)
Okayama Healthcare Professional University
Okayama Shoka University
Okayama Gakuin University