新疆

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Chinese[edit]

new; newly; meso- (chem.) border; boundary
trad. (新疆)
simp. #(新疆)
Literally: “new territory”.
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Etymology[edit]

Originally a general term for newly acquired territories, used since the Southern Song dynasty. In the Qing dynasty, various non-Han-inhabited territories were referred to as 新疆, including southwestern and western Guizhou, Wumeng (烏蒙乌蒙, modern-day Zhaotong, Yunnan), Jinchuan (金川), and the region now known as Xinjiang. (jiāng) denotes the region was inhabited by non-Han ethnicities.

The first instance of a Qing emperor referring to the region now known as Xinjiang as 新疆 is found in the foreword of 欽定新疆識略 written by the Daoguang Emperor in 1821. Prior to that, the region was referred to as 西域 (Xīyù, literally “Western Regions”), a term used since the Han dynasty (Li, 1981). In 大清一統志 published during the eras of Qianlong and Jiaqing, the region was referred to as 西域新疆. Furthermore, during the era of Qianlong, northern Xinjiang or Dzungaria was referred to as 準疆准疆 and 準部准部, among other names, while southern Xinjiang or Altishahr was referred to as 回疆 (Huíjiāng) and 回部 (Huíbù).

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Proper noun[edit]

新疆

  1. (~維吾爾自治區, formerly ) Xinjiang (a Uygur autonomous region and former province in far western China; capital: Ürümqi)

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (新疆):

Others:

Noun[edit]

新疆

  1. (historical) new territory

See also[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
きょう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Proper noun[edit]

(しん)(きょう) (Shinkyō

  1. Xinjiang

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Proper noun[edit]

新疆 (Sin'gang) (hangeul 신강)

  1. Hanja form? of 신강 (Xinjiang).

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun[edit]

新疆

  1. chữ Hán form of Tân Cương (Xinjiang).