江南

Chinese

		river	south
simp. and trad. (江南)		江	南

The extent of China's Jiangnan region according to various definitions

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiāngnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ naam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kang-lâm
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kaon-noe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāngnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiangnán
    • Wade–Giles: Chiang¹-nan²
    • Yale: Jyāng-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiangnan
    • Palladius: Цзяннань (Czjannanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ naam⁴
    • Yale: gōng nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ naːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: Kang-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanglaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kaon-noe
    • MiniDict: kaon^平 noe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kaan-noe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɑ̃⁵⁵ nø²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kaewng nom

Rime
Character	江	南
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	江 (9)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古雙切	那含切
Baxter	kaewng	nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌŋ/	/nʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔŋ/	/nəm/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔŋ/	/nɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwŋ/	/nəm/
Li Rong	/kɔŋ/	/nᴀm/
Wang Li	/kɔŋ/	/nɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɔŋ/	/năm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng	nán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong1	naam4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤroŋ  nˤ[ə]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːŋ  nuːm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	江	南
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāng	nán
Middle Chinese	‹ kæwng ›	‹ nom ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁroŋ/	/*nˁ[ə]m/
English	(Yangzi) river	south
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	江	南
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3995	9355
Phonetic component	工	南
Rime group	東	侵
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	江	南
Old Chinese	/*kroːŋ/	/*nuːm/

Proper noun

江南

1. Jiangnan (a region of China, south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River)

   • 魂兮歸來，哀江南！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     魂兮归来，哀江南！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Hún xī guīlái, āi Jiāngnán! [Pinyin]

     Come home, ye soul, and take pity on thy beloved southern land!

   • 自^濟州往^江南，則頗遠，自^全羅道往^遼東，則甚近。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1593

     Ja Jeju wang Gangnam, jeuk pa won, ja Jeolla do wang Ryodong, jeuk sim geun. [Sino-Korean]

     If one heads from Jeju for Jiangnan, [the way] is rather far; if one heads from Jeolla for Liaodong, it is very close.

2. (historical) (～省) Jiangnan (a province of China), during the Qing dynasty
3. Gangnam (a neighborhood of Seoul, south of the Han River)
4. (～區) Gangnam (a district of Seoul)
5. (～市) Kōnan (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
6. (～鄉) Jiangnan (a township in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

Coordinate terms

• 江東／江东 (Jiāngdōng)
• 江西 (Jiāngxī)
• 江北 (Jiāngběi)

Derived terms

• 江南地不容 (Jiāngnán dìbùróng)
• 江南弄
• 江南機器製造局／江南机器制造局
• 江南河
• 江南竹
• 江南絲竹／江南丝竹 (Jiāngnán sīzhú)
• 江南話／江南话 (jiāngnánhuà)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (江南):

• → Japanese: 江南(こうなん) (Kōnan)
• → Korean: 강남(江南) (Gangnam)
• → Vietnamese: Giang Nam (江南)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠩᠨᠠᠨ (giyangnan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江	南
こう Grade: S	なん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 江(こう) (kō, “river”) + 南(なん) (nan, “south”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːnã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

江(こう)南(なん) • (Kōnan) 

1. A city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Korean

Hanja in this term
江	南

Proper noun

江南 • (Gangnam) (hangeul 강남)

1. Hanja form^? of 강남 (“Gangnam; Jiangnan”).