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.

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这条很长,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,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

临江

lín jiāng

see 臨江市|临江市[Lin2 jiang1 Shi4]

临江市

lín jiāng shì

Linjiang, a county-level city in Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin

通江

tōng jiāng

Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan

通江县

tōng jiāng xiàn

Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan

连江

lián jiāng

see 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 Xian4]

连江县

lián jiāng xiàn

Lianjiang, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian

邗江

hán jiāng

see 邗江區|邗江区[Han2 jiang1 Qu1]

邗江区

hán jiāng qū

Hanjiang, a district of Yangzhou City 揚州市|扬州市[Yang2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu

都江堰

dū jiāng yàn

see 都江堰市[Du1 jiang1 yan4 Shi4]

都江堰市

dū jiāng yàn shì

Dujiangyan, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan

重出江湖

chóng chū jiāng hú

(of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; to jump back into the thick of things

重现江湖

chóng xiàn jiāng hú

see 重出江湖[chong2 chu1 jiang1 hu2]

More characters with 氵