江

jiāng

(bound form) Yangtze River

surname Jiang; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1]); river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

water (氵) + [sound: jiāng] (工) = river

The water radical carries the meaning: a large flowing body of water. 工 mainly gives the sound jiāng; it has no semantic role here.

氵+工→江
工WorkPhonetic
氵WaterSemantic

这条江很长,水流也很急。

zhè tiáo jiāng hěn cháng, shuǐ liú yě hěn jí。

This river is very long, and the current is also very fast.

他们坐船过江,去对岸的小镇。

tā men zuò chuán guò jiāng, qù duì àn de xiǎo zhèn。

They crossed the river by boat to go to the small town on the other side.

Words with 江

江畔

jiāng pàn

riverbank

浙江省

zhè jiāng shěng

Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4] (abbr. to 浙[Zhe4])

老江湖

lǎo jiāng hú

a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world

夹江

jiā jiāng

Jiajiang county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan

江户

jiāng hù

Edo (old name of Tokyo)

沪江

hù jiāng

alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]

晋江市

jìn jiāng shì

Jinjiang, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian

廉江市

lián jiāng shì

Lianjiang, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong

阳江

yáng jiāng

see 陽江市|阳江市[Yang2 jiang1 Shi4]

曲江

qǔ jiāng

see 曲江區|曲江区[Qu3 jiang1 Qu1]

江山市

jiāng shān shì

Jiangshan, a county-level city in Quzhou City 衢州市[Qu2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang

镇江市

zhèn jiāng shì

Zhenjiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]

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