江
bay, creek, inlet

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

え

Nanori (名乗り)

くんとうみみりえ

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:6
JLPT:1
Frequency:704

Vocabulary

コウ

WordReadingMeaning
長江チョウコウYangtze River (China); Changjiang River
江上コウジョウ(on the) bank of a large river
江湖コウコthe public; the world; rivers and lakes; secluded place; hermit's residence
揚子江ヨウスコウYangtze River (China)
江村コウソンvillage along a (large) river

Other

WordReadingMeaning
江えinlet; bay
江戸えどEdo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
江戸っ子えどっこ(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
堀江ほりえcanal
江戸時代えどじだいEdo period (1603-1868)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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汁
broth, gravy, juice, pus, sap, soup
Grade 8JLPT 1
洪
deluge, flood, vast
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汗
perspire, sweat
Grade 8JLPT 2
海
ocean, sea
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defile, dirty, disgrace, pollute, rape
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洗
inquire into, probe, wash
Grade 6JLPT 3
怪
apparition, mystery, suspicious
Grade 8JLPT 1