(jiāng)

HSK 46 strokes

surname Jiang

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
jiāng
Meaning
surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江苏)
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵工

In this compound, the meaning comes from (water); supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sānjiāng

see 三江侗族自治县

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zhōngjiāng

Zhongjiang county in Deyang 德阳, Sichuan

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jiǔjiāng

see 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4]

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Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the hea…

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see 丹江口市[Dan1 jiang1 kou3 Shi4]

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Danjiangkou, a county-level city in Shiyan City 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4], Hubei

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Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]

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see 翻江倒海[fan1 jiang1 dao3 hai3]

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