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疆

jiāng

HSK 6 Character

What 疆 means

1. border
2. boundary

Example sentences

• 新疆有许多风景优美的地方。
  Xīnjiāng yǒu xǔduō fēngjǐng yōuměi de dìfang.
  There are many scenic places in Xinjiang.

Words starting with 疆

• 疆域jiāng yùterritory
• 疆界jiāng jièborder; boundary
• 疆土jiāng tǔterritory
• 疆场jiāng chǎngbattlefield

Words containing 疆

• 边疆biān jiāngborder area; borderland; frontier
• 南疆nán jiāngsouthern border (of a country)
• 北疆běi jiāngnorthern frontier
• 大疆Dà jiāngDJI, Chinese technology company
• 封疆fēng jiāngborder region; regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times)
• 东疆Dōng jiāngEast Xinjiang
• 海疆hǎi jiāngcoastal border region
• 开疆kāi jiāngto pioneer a frontier area; to open up new territory
• 边疆区biān jiāng qūkrai (Russian administrative territory)
• 阿塞拜疆Ā sài bài jiāngAzerbaijan
• 新疆手抓饭Xīn jiāng shǒu zhuā fànXinjiang-style pilaf, made with lamb
• 滨海边疆区Bīn hǎi Biān jiāng qūPrimorsky Krai (Russian territory whose administrative center is Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克)
• 开疆拓土kāi jiāng tuò tǔ(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands…
• 新疆歌鸲Xīn jiāng gē qú(bird species of China) common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
• 万寿无疆wàn shòu wú jiāngmay you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom); long may you live
• 新疆生产建设兵团Xīn jiāng Shēng chǎn Jiàn shè Bīng tuánXinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps")…
• 新疆维吾尔自治区Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qūXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 乌鲁木齐市
• 新疆Xīn jiāngsee 新疆维吾尔自治区

Characters built on 畺

These share the phonetic component 畺 (jiāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 僵jiāngrigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
• 缰jiāngbridle; reins; halter
• 礓jiānga small stone

Characters that look like 疆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 蹦bèngto jump; to bounce; to hop
• 孀shuāng(bound form) widow
• 攘rǎng(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist…
• 糯nuò(bound form) glutinous rice; (bound form) (of cereal grain) glutinous
• 蟾chántoad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)…

Sounds the same

Read jiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 将will; shall; to use
• 江river
• 僵rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
• 姜ginger
• 浆thick liquid; to starch
• 矼stone bridge
• 缰bridle; reins; halter
• 豇used in 豇豆
• 茳used in 茳芏
• 礓a small stone
• 橿Quercus glauca
• 螀cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)