懂中文 Dong Chinese

疆

jiāng

boundary

A bow 弓 and arrow 土 used to defend a border 畺; 畺 also provides the pronunciation

Components
弓 meaning component

弓  Meaning component

gōng

  

bow

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

畺 sound,meaning component

畺  Sound Meaning component

jiāng

  

boundary

Evolution

疆 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
疆 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
疆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

疆  

jiāng

boundary, border, frontier; border; boundary

Most common words with 疆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

新疆

Xinjiang

疆

border

边疆

border area

疆土

territory

疆域

territory