江

Inlet

Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingコウ

Kun readingえ

Jōyō Grade 8Level 29

Homonyms

ⓘ

Same reading (え)

Radicals and components

Radical水water 氵variant 氺variant

Components

How it's built

江

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

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

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

Compound words

浙江省せっこうしょう

Zhejiang Province (China)

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)

biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus)

荻江節おぎえぶし

type of Japanese music

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

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

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

Inlet, river. 氵 (water) + 工 — a great water. 江戸 — Edo (old Tokyo).

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 江

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