Chinese
江湖 [jiānghú]
rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔxiá]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
Japanese
Korean
강호 [江湖]
rivers and lakes; A compound noun meaning rivers and lakes.; countryside; nature; (archaic) A place in the countryside or in nature where a poet, politician, etc., would stay to escape reality.
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Japanese Names
江湖 えこ
Eko female given name
江湖 こうこ
Kōko surname
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