jiāng

large river

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

工 sound component

  Sound component

gōng

  

work

Evolution

江 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
江 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
江 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
江 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiāng

large river; yangzi; surname; river; CL:|[tiáo],[dào]

 

Jiāng

surname Jiang

Most common words with 江
Freq.
Word
Meaning

river

江湖

rivers and lakes

江户

Edo (old name of Tokyo)

浙江

Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州

江苏

Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

鸿