江 - Dong Chinese dictionary

jiāng

large river

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

工 Sound component

gōng

work

江 and 工 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.江 /*kˤroŋ/
工 /*kˤoŋ/, /*kˤoŋ/

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

江

jiāng

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

江

Jiāng

surname Jiang

Most common words with 江

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	江	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