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Chinese
The extent of China's Jiangnan region according to various definitions
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
江
南
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
江
南
Reading #
1/1
1/1
No.
3995
9355
Phonetic component
工
南
Rime group
東
侵
Rime subdivision
0
2
Corresponding MC rime
江
南
Old Chinese
/*kroːŋ/
/*nuːm/
Proper noun
江南
Jiangnan (a region of China , south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River )
魂 兮 歸來 ,哀 江南 ! [Classical Chinese , trad. ] 魂 兮 归来 ,哀 江南 ! [Classical Chinese , simp. ] From: The Verses of Chu , 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE Hún xī guīlái, āi Jiāngnán ! Come home, ye soul, and take pity on thy beloved southern land!
自 ^濟州 往 ^江南 ,則 頗 遠 ,自 ^全羅 道 往 ^遼東 ,則 甚 近 。 [Korean Literary Sinitic , trad. ] From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records ), 1593Ja Jeju wang Gangnam , jeuk pa won, ja Jeolla do wang Ryodong, jeuk sim geun. [Sino-Korean ] If one heads from Jeju for Jiangnan , is rather far; if one heads from Jeolla for Liaodong , it is very close.
( historical ) ( ~省 ) Jiangnan (a province of China ), during the Qing dynasty
Gangnam (a neighborhood of Seoul , south of the Han River)
( ~區 ) Gangnam (a district of Seoul )
( ~市 ) Kōnan (a city in Aichi Prefecture , Japan )
( ~鄉 ) Jiangnan (a township in Lianjiang , Fuzhou , Fujian , China )
Coordinate terms
江東 / 江东 (Jiāngdōng )
江西 (Jiāngxī )
江北 (Jiāngběi )
Derived terms
Descendants
Others :
Japanese
Etymology
From 江( こう ) ( kō , “ river ” ) + 南( なん ) ( nan , “ south ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
江( こう ) 南( なん ) • (Kōnan )
A city in Aichi Prefecture , Japan
Korean
Proper noun
江南 • (Gangnam ) (hangeul 강남 )
hanja form? of 강남 ( “ Gangnam ; Jiangnan ” )