Search results for "江" - New World Encyclopedia

The Yangtze was earlier known to the Chinese as simply Jiang (江 Jiāng), which has become a generic name meaning "river," or the Da Jiang (大江 Dà Jiāng, "Great River"). The Tibetan name for ...

ko|{{linktext|江|北|區}} ) * Gangdong-gu (강동구; ko|{{linktext|江|東|區}} ) * Gangnam-gu (강남구; ko|{{linktext|江|南|區}} ) * Gangseo-gu (강서구; ...

|OriginOfName = 黑 hēi—black 龙 lóng—dragon 江 jiāng—river"Amur River" |AdministrationType = Province |Capital = Harbin |LargestCity = Harbin |Secretary = Ji Bingxuan ...

|OriginOfName = 江 jiāng - Jiangning (now Nanjing) 苏 sū - Suzhou |AdministrationType = Province |Capital = Nanjing |LargestCity = Nanjing |Official Language= Mandarin |Secretary = Liang Baohua ...

represented (for purposes of reconstruction) by the kanji 江. In later periods, the syllable we (represented by the katakana ヱ and hiragana ゑ) came to be realized as [jɛ], as demonstrated in 1600s-era European ...