疆 (jiāng): border, boundary
疆 (jiāng) is a Chinese character meaning “border.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 田 (field). It ranks #2005 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 疆 a bow 弓 and arrow 土 used to defend a border 畺; 畺 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 田 (field) appears in many related characters such as 电 (diàn, lightning), 男 (nán, male), 由 (yóu, to follow).
Definitions
- border
- boundary
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA bow 弓 and arrow 土 used to defend a border 畺; 畺 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰⿹弓土畺 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疆土 | jiāng tǔ | territory |
| 边疆 | biān jiāng | border area |
| 疆域 | jiāng yù | territory |
| 阿塞拜疆 | ā sài bài jiāng | Azerbaijan |
| 疆场 | jiāng chǎng | battlefield |
| 疆界 | jiāng jiè | border |
| 新疆生产建设兵团 | xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán | Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and ... |
| 新疆维吾尔自治区 | xīn jiāng wéi wú ěr zì zhì qū | Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4] (abbr. to 新[Xin1]) |
| 新疆手抓饭 | xīn jiāng shǒu zhuā fàn | Xinjiang-style pilaf, made with lamb |
| 边疆区 | biān jiāng qū | krai (Russian administrative territory) |
| 万寿无疆 | wàn shòu wú jiāng | may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom) |
| 滨海边疆区 | bīn hǎi biān jiāng qū | Primorsky Krai (Russian territory whose administrative center is Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克) |
| 大疆 | dà jiāng | DJI, Chinese technology company |
| 开疆 | kāi jiāng | to pioneer a frontier area |
| 新疆 | xīn jiāng | see 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] |
疆 appears in 22 compound words: 18 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 32 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 疆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
写好疆字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo jiāng zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "疆" correctly, one must master the proper stroke order.
大疆就无人机禁令起诉美国FCC 维护创新合法...
dà jiāng jiù wú rén jī jīn lìng qǐ sù měi guó F C C wéi hù chuàng xīn gě fǎ . . .
DJI sues the US FCC over drone ban to maintain innovation legality...
... 亿元;小米计划未来五年重点攻坚芯片;大疆起诉美国联邦通信委员会 FCC;微信员工...
. . . yì yuán ; xiǎo mǐ jì huá wèi lái wǔ nián chóng diǎn gōng jiān xīn piàn ; dà jiāng qǐ sù měi guó lián bāng tōng xìn wěi yuán huì F C C ; wēi xìn yuán gōng . . .
... 100 million yuan; Xiaomi plans to focus on chips in the next five years; DJI sues FCC; WeChat employees...
加纳与多哥海疆分歧将国际仲裁
jiā nà yǔ duō gē hǎi jiāng fēn qí jiāng guó jì zhòng cái
Ghana and Togo will arbitrate internationally due to maritime disputes
视频丨跨越4000多公里 为了让援疆民警尝到家的味..
shì pín 丨 kuà yuè 4 0 0 0 duō gōng lǐ wéi le ràng yuán jiāng mín jǐng cháng dào jiā de wèi . .
Video丨Spanning more than 4,000 kilometers, in order to let the police who aid Xinjiang taste the taste of home:
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.
Character Family
田 Radical Family — Characters sharing the field radical
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