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Kanji Detail for 江 - "river, inlet, yangtze"

江

  • Meaning

    江 means "river, inlet, yangtze."

    1. River - A large natural stream of water.

    2. Inlet - A small body of water extending inland.

    3. Yangtze - The great river of China.

  • Words using 江

    • 江戸 えど Listen Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
    • 堀江 ほりえ Listen canal
    • 江戸時代 えどじだい Listen Edo period (1603-1868)

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    • Verified meaning: river, inlet, yangtze
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いりえ, え, ええ, えさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 江

    Given names 江(いりえ)Listen 江(こう)Listen 江(みんこう)Listen

    Surnames 江(え)Listen 江(ええ)Listen 江(えさき)Listen 江(えざき)Listen 江(くう)Listen 江(こ)Listen 江(ごう)Listen 江(ちやん)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    creek; inlet; bay

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    large river; the Yangzi; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    large river; the Yangtze; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Name of a river. China's greatest river. Source is at the southern foot of Bayankala Mountain in Qinghai. Flows through Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, and enters the sea at Chongming County in Jiangsu. Total length is 9,960 li. Today called the Yangtze River (長江). Its lower reaches are called the Yangzi River (揚子江). | The general name for great rivers. As in Heilongjiang (Black Dragon River), Zhujiang (Pearl River), and the like.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    e(え) え

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    river inlet yangtze bank channel current delta estuary flow stream tributary waterway

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