江南

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Chinese

river south
simp. and trad.
(江南)
Wikipedia has articles on:
The extent of China's Jiangnan region according to various definitions

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (8)
Final () (9) (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter kaewng nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠʌŋ/ /nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚɔŋ/ /nəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɔŋ/ /nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨwŋ/ /nəm/
Li
Rong
/kɔŋ/ /nᴀm/
Wang
Li
/kɔŋ/ /nɒm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kɔŋ/ /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāng nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gong1 naam4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiāng nán
Middle
Chinese
‹ kæwng › ‹ nom ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁroŋ/ /*nˁm/
English (Yangzi) river south

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3995 9355
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kroːŋ/ /*nuːm/

Proper noun

江南

  1. Jiangnan (a region of China, south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River)
  2. (historical) () Jiangnan (a province of China), during the Qing dynasty
  3. Gangnam (a neighborhood of Seoul, south of the Han River)
  4. () Gangnam (a district of Seoul)
  5. () Kōnan (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
  6. () Jiangnan (a township in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (江南):

Others:

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: S
なん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From (こう) (, river) + (なん) (nan, south).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(こう)(なん) (Kōnan

  1. A city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

江南 (Gangnam) (hangeul 강남)

  1. hanja form? of 강남 (Gangnam; Jiangnan)