jiāng

boundary

Depicts boundary lines between fields ().

Components
◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts boundary lines between fields.

田 iconic component

  Iconic component

tián

  

field

田 iconic component

  Iconic component

tián

  

field

Evolution

畺 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
畺 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
畺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
畺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
畺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiāng

boundary, border; old variant of [jiāng]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 9 characters (2 verified)

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kaŋ

kjang

jiāng

boundary, limit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+757A

Shuowen

“畺,界也。从畕、三,其界畫也。疆,畺或从彊、土。”


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