江
Meanings · jiāng
Meanings · Jiāng
- surname Jiang
- (bound form) Yangtze River
- (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇 Jiāng sū)
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- 江
- jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
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1 · jiang1
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character · Etymology 1
- Yangtze River
- (by extension) river (Classifier: 條／条)
- (obsolete) (～日) (telegraphy) the third day of a month
- a surname, Jiang (Mainland China), Chiang (Taiwan), Kong (Hong Kong), and Kiang (archaic)
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