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江

creek
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingえ
JōyōGrade 8
  1. inlet
  2. bay

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · craft (工)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 148

Compound words

江戸えど
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
堀江ほりえ
canal
江戸っ子えどっこ
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
江戸時代えどじだい
Edo period (1603-1868)
江にえん
fate
江湖こうこ
the public
江鮭あめのうお
biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus)
荻江節おぎえぶし
type of Japanese music
江戸絵えどえ
Edo-made ukiyo-e
江戸語えどご
Edo dialect
江戸城えどじょう
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
江戸湾えどわん
Edo Bay
江川るえがわる
to (try to) act like a big-shot
浙江省せっこうしょう
Zhejiang Province (China)
江戸っこえどっこ
(true) Tokyoite
江戸っ児えどっこ
(true) Tokyoite
江戸言葉えどことば
Edo dialect
江戸前鮓えどまえずし
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
江戸前鮨えどまえずし
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
揚子江鰐ようすこうわに
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
浙江財閥せっこうざいばつ
Zhejiang financial clique
浙江大学せっこうだいがく
Zhejiang University
江戸歌舞伎えどかぶき
Edo-style kabuki
江戸花菖蒲えどはなしょうぶ
Iris ensata

Additional Examples

新任の取締役として江崎優を紹介いたします。
You will be interested to know that we have just introduced our new Managing Director, Mr Masaru Ezaki.tatoeba
江戸時代、武士は刀を２本刺していた。
A samurai in the Edo era carried two swords.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 江

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step