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Yangtze

HSK 4 N1
Nature →Elements →Water
jiāng
コウ
え
강
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 工 work =
江 Yangtze
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
工 Phonetic component
gōng work
labor, work
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Notes
Similar Characters
湼 black mud泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
江
Regular
Modern
Chinese
江 [Jiāng]
surname Jiang
江 [jiāng]
river; CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]
Japanese
江 こう 同音

noun

  1. archaic large river (esp. the Yangtze)
  2. archaic Lake Biwa
江 え 同音
noun inlet; bay
Korean
강 [江]
Noun
river; A wide, long stream reaching the sea.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
江 いりえ
Irie female given name
江 え
E surname
江 ええ
Ee surname
江 えさき
Esaki surname
江 えざき
Ezaki surname
江 くう
Kuu surname
江 こ
Ko surname
江 こう
Kō surnamegiven name
江 ごう
Gou surname
江 ちやん
Chiyan surname
江 みんこう
Minkou given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
江湖 [jiāng​hú] #11,126
rivers and lakes
江户 [Jiāng​hù] #12,864
Edo (old name of Tokyo)
江户 [Jiāng​hù] #12,864
Edo (old name of Tokyo)
浙江 [Zhè​jiāng] #2,189
Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州
江苏 [Jiāng​sū] #2,808
Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
江苏 [Jiāng​sū] #2,808
Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
长江 [Cháng​Jiāng] #35,820
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
长江 [Cháng​Jiāng] #35,820
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
江南 [Jiāng​nán] #24,758
south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
江西 [Jiāng​xī] #50,847
Jiangxi province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 赣, capital Nanchang 南昌
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JAPANESE WORDS (81)
⭐ 江戸 [えど] #8,517
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo)
⭐ 江戸時代 [えどじだい] #16,550
Edo period (1603-1868)
近江 [おうみ] #24,802
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
入り江 [いりえ] #30,292
inlet
江戸城 [えどじょう] #39,201
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
⭐ 江戸っ子 [えどっこ] #44,655
(true) Tokyoite
遠江 [とおとうみ] #47,078
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
松江 [まつえ] #52,531
Matsue (city in Shimane)
江戸幕府 [えどばくふ] #53,027
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
縁 [ゆかり] #53,201
connection (to a person, place, etc.)
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KOREAN WORDS (16)
강원도 #38,256
Gangwon-do Province
강남
south of a river
강변
riverside
강북
north of a river
강산
landscape; scenery
강안
riverside; riverbank
강촌
riverside village
강하
rivers and streams
강호
rivers and lakes
금강
Geumgang River
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