江

Translingual

Han character

江 (radical 85 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水一 (EM), four-corner 3111₀, composition ⿰氵工)

Descendants

• エ

See also

• 川
• 河
• 溪

References

• KangXi: page 606, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17140
• Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1551, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C5F

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		江

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāng (jiang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kang
• Wu (WT Romanisation): kaan (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: chiang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • POJ: kong
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang
    • Tâi-lô: kang
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ³⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: kaan (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑ̃⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (江, reconstructed)
Character (江), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 江 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古雙切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣʌŋ/	/kɔŋ/	/kɔŋ/	/kɯɔŋ/	/kaɨwŋ/	/kɔŋ/	/kɔŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (江, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
江								jiāng								‹ kæwng ›								/*kˤroŋ/								(Yangzi) river
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
江					3995					工					東					0					江					/*kroːŋ/

Noun

江

1. (geography) The Yangtze River.
2. (geography, by extension) A river.

Usage notes

The original Chinese word for "river" was 水, literally "water". In time, the proper name 河 was used as a word for rivers and its original bearer distinguished as the 黄河 ("Yellow River"). Similarly, 江 was originally the name of the Yangtze River and then applied broadly as a generic word for rivers. In modern Chinese, 江 are usually the larger rivers, 河 are smaller rivers or creeks, and 水 are brooks and streams; but there are many exceptions to this general pattern owing to historical reasons.

See also

• 河 (hé)
• 川 (chuān)
• 河流 (héliú)
• 水流 (shuǐliú)
• 溪流 (xīliú)
• 小河 (xiǎohé)

Proper noun

江

1. A surname​. Jiang (mainland China, Taiwan), Kong (Hong Kong)

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Japanese

Kanji

江

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. creek
2. bay

Readings

Kanji in this term

江

え Grade: S

kun'yomi

• Goon: こう (kō)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)
• Kun: え (e)

Noun

江 (hiragana え, romaji e)

1. inlet
2. bay

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Korean

Hanja

江 (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

江 (giang, giăng, nhăng, gianh)

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