江

Translingual

Han character

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

1. large river
2. an abbreviation for Yangtze river
3. used as a surname

Descendants

• エ

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

江 (jyutping gong1, Yale gong1)

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Japanese

Kanji

江 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: え (e)

Noun

江 (hiragana え, romaji e)

1. inlet
2. bay

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

江 (pinyin jiāng (jiang1), Wade-Giles chiang¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

江 (*gang)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

江 (POJ kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

江 (giang, giăng, nhăng, gianh)

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Wu

Pronunciation

• (Shanghai) IPA: [kɔŋ]

Noun

江

1. river