江

Jiang1
#577 most
frequent character
surname Jiang

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

江 uses 氵 water as the picture part and 工 gōng as the sound part. It first named the Yangtze River. Later it grew to mean any river, and it also abbreviates Jiangsu Province. The sound link with 工 is not clear today.

江 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
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Same Characters, Different Readings

江jiāng
river

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