Keyword
river
- large river
- the Yangtze
- surname
- Frequency
- #574
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
jiāng100%
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 工 the sound.
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
江泽民
Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), politician, president of PRC 1993–2003
黑龙江
Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
长江
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
江
river
江南
region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang
江苏省
Jiangsu Province, capital Nanjing 南京市 (NánjīngShì) (short name 苏 (Sū))
江湖
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. 武侠 (wǔxiá)); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
浙江省
Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市 (HángzhōuShì) (short name 浙 (Zhè))
江西省
Jiangxi Province, capital Nanchang 南昌市 (NánchāngShì) (short name 赣 (Gàn))
江山
rivers and mountains; landscape; country; state power
黑龙江省
Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈尔滨市 (Hā'ěrbīnShì) (short name 黑 (Hēi))
江青
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
珠江
Pearl River (Guangdong)
浙江大学
Zhejiang University
江北
Chongqing's main airport
东江
Dongjiang River
松江
Songjiang suburban district of Shanghai
江户
Edo (old name of Tokyo)
沿江
along the river; the region around the river
江浙
Jiangsu and Zhejiang (abbr. for 江苏 (Jiāngsū) + 浙江 (Zhèjiāng))
江水
river water
宋江
Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水浒传
江边
river bank
西江
Xijiang River