Character: 江
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiāng
Preclassic Old Chinese: krōŋ
Classic Old Chinese: krōŋ
Western Han Chinese: krōŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: krōŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: kọ̄ŋ
Middle Chinese: kạuŋ
English meaning : river; Yang-zi River
Russian meaning[s]: 1) большая река; 2) р. Янцзы; 3) 3-е число (в телеграммах); 4) Цзян (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 江水.出蜀湔氐徼外#山.入海.從水.工聲. [517]
Comments: Viet. sông 'river' may be an older loan from the same source.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 93
Karlgren code: 1172 v
Vietnamese reading: giang
Jianchuan Bai: kü̃4
Dali Bai: kü5
Bijiang Bai: ṭõ7
Shijing occurrences: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3
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