jiāng river

Made up of [ shuǐ water radical 85, gōng work; skill radical 48]
Similar looking characters : hóng (red)
Made with 6 strokes.

Related characters


Also uses shuǐ component: (wave) (law) ; gǎng (harbor) ; hǎi (sea) ; hàn (perspiration) ; hàn (chinese) ; (river) ; hóng (flood) ; (lake) ; huó (to live) ; (to cross a river) ; jīn (ferry crossing) ; jiǔ (wine) ; mǎn (to fill) ; méi (have not) ; pào (bubble) ; (steam) ; qiǎn (shallow) ; qīng (clear) ; shè (to wade) ; (to wash) ; yǎn (to develop) ; (fishing) ; (pool) ; zhì (to rule) ; zhōu (region)
Also uses gōng component: gōng (accomplishment) hóng (red) ; jīng (Classic) ; kòng (to empty) ; zuǒ (left)

Sounds same

jiāng (border) ; jiāng (will)

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Pronunciation

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Provinces

浙江 Zhejiang
黑龙江 Heilongjiang
江苏 Jiangsu
江西 Jiangxi

Cities

江门 Jiangmen, Guangdong
牡丹江 Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang
潜江 Qianjiang, Hubei
镇江 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu
九江 Jiujiang, Jiangxi
内江 Neijiang, Sichuan
湛江 Zhanjiang, Guangdong
丽江 Lijiang, Yunnan
阳江 Yangjiang, Guangdong

People

江泽民 Jiang Zemin

Proverbs

江郎才尽 jiāng láng cái jìn Losing your creative spark. Jiang Yan was an official in the Southern Liang dynasty [502-557] achieved early repute as a poet and writer but in later years struggled to write anything of value. He dreamed that he owed his talent to the pen of Guo Pu who then reclaimed it.