Chinese Character 江 Meanings and components.

Form

江

Meaning

江 meaning[3] in English

Surname Jiang.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 江 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and work (工)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EM

How to write 江

To write江jiang1surname Jiang you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 工gong1work arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 工 = 江

江 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 江 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 江, looks as follow:

江
Pinyin:jiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Jiang
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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