新疆

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Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.) border; boundary
trad. (新疆) 新 疆
simp. #(新疆) 新 疆
Literally: “new territory”.
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Etymology

Originally a general term for newly acquired territories, used since the Southern Song dynasty. In the Qing dynasty, various non-Han-inhabited territories were referred to as 新疆, including southwestern and western Guizhou, Wumeng (烏蒙／乌蒙, modern-day Zhaotong, Yunnan), Jinchuan (金川), and the region now known as Xinjiang. 疆 (jiāng) denotes the region was inhabited by non-Han ethnicities.

The first instance of a Qing emperor referring to the region now known as Xinjiang as 新疆 is found in the foreword of 欽定新疆識略 written by the Daoguang Emperor in 1821. Prior to that, the region was referred to as 西域 (Xīyù, literally “Western Regions”), a term used since the Han dynasty (Li, 1981). In 大清一統志 published during the eras of Qianlong and Jiaqing, the region was referred to as 西域新疆. Furthermore, during the era of Qianlong, northern Xinjiang or Dzungaria was referred to as 準疆／准疆 and 準部／准部, among other names, while southern Xinjiang or Altishahr was referred to as 回疆 (Huíjiāng) and 回部 (Huíbù).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

新疆

  1. (～維吾爾自治區, formerly ～省) Xinjiang (a Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (新疆):

Others:

Noun

新疆

  1. (historical) new territory

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新 疆
しん
Grade: 2 		きょう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Proper noun

新(しん)疆(きょう) • (Shinkyō) 

  1. Xinjiang (a Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest)

Korean

Hanja in this term
新疆

Proper noun

新疆 • (Sin'gang) (hangeul 신강)

  1. hanja form? of 신강 : Xinjiang (a Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
新疆

Proper noun

新疆

  1. chữ Hán form of Tân Cương: Xinjiang (a Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest)
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