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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

704 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: creek, inlet, bay

Kunyomi: え

Onyomi: コウ

Composition: 氵 工

江

Radical

Radical: 水

Meaning: water

Reading: みず

Frequency: 1,595

Alternative forms:

氵(alt radical position hen)氺

水

Examples

Onyomi Examples

江 (コウ) large river (esp. the Yangtze), Lake Biwa

江上 (コウジョウ) (on the) bank of a large river

長江 (チョウコウ) Yangtze River (China), Changjiang River

三角江 (サンカクコウ) estuary

Kunyomi Examples

江 (え) inlet, bay

縁 (えん) fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda

堀江 (ほりえ) canal

松江 (まつえ) Matsue (city in Shimane)

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