江東

See also: 江东

Chinese

		river	east
trad. (江東)		江	東
simp. (江东)		江	东
anagram		東江／东江
Literally: “east of the river”.

Etymology

Between Wuhu and Nanjing, the Yangtze River flows north to south. The east side of the river is on the southern bank.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jiāngdōng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤㄉㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jiāngdōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄉㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiangdong
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kˠʌŋ tuŋ/▼

Rime
Character	江	東
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	江 (9)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古雙切	德紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌŋ/	/tuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔŋ/	/tuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔŋ/	/tuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwŋ/	/təwŋ/
Li Rong	/kɔŋ/	/tuŋ/
Wang Li	/kɔŋ/	/tuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɔŋ/	/tuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng	dōng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤroŋ tˤoŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kroːŋ toːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	江	東
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāng	dōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kæwng ›	‹ tuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁroŋ/	/tˁoŋ/ (< tˁoŋʔ ?)
English	(Yangzi) river	east
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	江	東
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3995	2435
Phonetic component	工	東
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	江	東
Old Chinese	/*kroːŋ/	/*toːŋ/
Notes		種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽，參敕字陳字注

Proper noun

江東

(literary) the south bank of the Yangtze River between Wuhu and Nanjing; (in general) area south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江	東
こう Grade: S	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

江東 (hiragana こうとう, rōmaji Kōtō)

Kōtō ward in Tokyo
Jiangdong District in Zhejiang

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