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Kanji Detail for 姜 - "surname, river"
姜
- Meaning
姜 means "surname, river."
Surname - The surname of the ducal house of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period.
River - Name of a river in Shaanxi Province (Jiang River).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
Chinese surname; ginger
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
surname; ginger
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Jiang
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
ginger; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A surname. Shennong lived by the Jiang River, hence took it as surname. Later Taigong was enfeoffed at Qi. For generations they intermarried with Zhou. Many Zhou empresses and noble ladies were women of Qi. Hence it became a prominent surname for women. (Book of Odes) "When taking a wife, must she be a Jiang of Qi?" This is that meaning.
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