江 (jiāng)

large river; surname Jiang

How 江 is written

Strokes
6
Radical
氵 — water
Traditional
江
Simplified
江 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 江

江南 jiāngnán
south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
江山 jiāngshān
Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
江湖 jiānghú
rivers and lakes; around the whole country; cf 两江 and 两湖, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan provinces in Qing times
江蘇 jiāngsū
Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
江西 jiāngxī
Jiangxi province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 赣, capital Nanchang 南昌
浙江 zhèjiāng
Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州
長江 chángjiāng
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
麗江 lìjiāng
Lijiang prefecture level city in northwest Yunnan
九江 jiǔjiāng
Jiujiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi; also Jiujiang county
內江 nèijiāng
Neijiang prefecture level city in Sichuan
吳江 wújiāng
Wujiang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu
岷江 mínjiāng
Minjiang River (Sichuan)

江 in a sentence

很多人喜歡在江邊散步、看風景。

Hěnduō rén xǐhuān zài jiāngbiān sànbù, kàn fēngjǐng.

“Many people like to take walks by the river and look at the scenery.”

How common is 江?

江 is the 577th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 78.8% of all running text.

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