江

creek, inlet, bay

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:N1

Frequency:704

Vocabulary

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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)

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