jiāng
surname
Simplified form of 薑; grass 艹 provides the meaning while 畺 provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 姜
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
ginger | ||
fresh ginger | ||
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director | ||
turmeric | ||
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[ZhōuWénwáng] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liùtāo], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[WǔjīngQīshū] |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.qaŋ | kjang | jiāng | a family name |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.3066% of movies
2416th most common character in movies
2394th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+59DC |
Shuowen | “姜，神農居姜水，以為姓。从女，羊聲。” |
Sources
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