江U+6C5F6 STROKES
Entry·pron. jiāng
ㄐㄧㄤ
“River; the Yangtze River; a surname; a former state in China.”
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- 浙江ㄓㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄤZhejiang, a coastal province in eastern China; also the Qiantang River, which flows through the province.
- 長江ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄤYangtze River; longest river in China, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau to the East China Sea near Shanghai.
- 江戶ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄨˋEdo, the former name of Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
- 江湖ㄐㄧㄤ ˙ㄏㄨrivers and lakes; all corners of the country; the wider world beyond official society; the milieu of wuxia tales; (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld; (Taiwan) a worldly-wise person with rich life experience
- 江南ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊregion south of the lower Yangtze River in eastern China; historically a Tang/Song-era administrative circuit; now often refers to southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang.
- 江蘇ㄐㄧㄤ ㄙㄨJiangsu; a coastal province in eastern China, known for its economic development and historic cities like Nanjing and Suzhou.
- 江蘇省ㄐㄧㄤ ㄙㄨ ㄕㄥˇJiangsu Province, a coastal province in eastern China; capital is Nanjing.
- 江山ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕㄢrivers and mountains; landscape; territory; state power; country
- 江西ㄐㄧㄤ ㄒㄧJiangxi; a province in southeastern China, bordering the Yangtze River and known for its porcelain production.
- 江澤民ㄐㄧㄤ ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊJiang Zemin (1926–2022); Chinese politician; president of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003.
- 淡江ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄤshort for Tamsui River; short for Tamkang University
- 浙江省ㄓㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕㄥˇZhejiang Province; a coastal province in eastern China; capital Hangzhou; borders the East China Sea to the east
- 江蕙ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄟˋJiang Hui; a famous Taiwanese singer known for Hokkien pop music; a household name in Taiwan's music industry
- 大江ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤthe Yangtze River; a large river
- 黑龍江ㄏㄟ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄤHeilongjiang; major river in northeast Asia, flowing through China and Russia; province in northeast China
- 江陵ㄐㄧㄤ ㄌㄧㄥˊJiangling; historical city and former prefecture in Hubei, China; site of the ancient Chu capital of Ying
- 江西省ㄐㄧㄤ ㄒㄧ ㄕㄥˇJiangxi Province in southeast China; provincial capital Nanchang; named after the Tang-era Jiangnan West circuit
- 江姓ㄐㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄥˋto share the surname Jiang; surnamed Jiang
- 江水ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕㄨㄟˇriver water; flowing water in a river; specifically, the water of the Yangtze River
- 松江ㄙㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄤSongjiang district in Shanghai; historical name for the area around present-day Shanghai
- 連江縣ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄢˋLienchiang County; a county in Fujian Province, Taiwan, covering the Matsu Islands; also the name of a county in mainland China's Fujian
- 鎮江ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄤcity in Jiangsu province, China
- 笑傲江湖ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄨˊto live proudly and freely in the martial-arts world; a famous wuxia novel by Jin Yong
- 江浙ㄐㄧㄤ ㄓㄜˋJiangsu and Zhejiang provinces; the lower Yangtze delta region.
- 渡江ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤcross a river, especially the Yangtze
- 台江ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄤhistorical name for a shallow bay and lagoon area around Tainan, Taiwan; now refers to the Taijiang National Park and surrounding Tainan district
- 江河ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄜˊrivers and waterways; great rivers
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