江

jiāng

j+iāng·1st tone

river · CL: tiáo,道 dào

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 6 HSK 4

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Most common

Same radical

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Same radical

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Character Decomposition

江=氵+工

Etymology

water

Meanings

river

CL: tiáo,道 dào

jiāng

surname Jiang

(bound form) Yangtze River

(bound form) Jiangsu Province

Jiāng

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Words with 江 573 total

red algae · Gracilaria, several species, some edible · Japanese ogonori江蓠jiāng lí polished glutinous rice江米jiāng mǐ Jiangpu county, old name of Pukou district of Nanjing, Jiangsu江浦Jiāng pǔ rivers and mountains · landscape · country · state power江山jiāng shān river water江水jiāng shuǐ

Idioms with 江 74 total Chain

half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) · vast swathe of territory半壁江山bàn bì jiāng shān lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) · fig. the new is constantly replacing the old · each new generation excels the previous · (of things) to be constantly evolving长江后浪推前浪Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng to travel around the country闯荡江湖chuǎng dàng jiāng hú north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom) · (fig.) all over China大江南北Dà jiāng nán běi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) · fig. overwhelming · earth-shattering · in a spectacular mess翻江倒海fān jiāng dǎo hǎi

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