江西

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Chinese

river west
simp. and trad.
(江西) 		江 西
anagram 西江
Literally: “west of the river”.
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Etymology

Jiangxi
Named after Jiangnanxi Circuit (江南西道) in Tang dynasty; literally west of Jiangnan (a region to the south of Yangtze River)
region to the north of Yangtze River
So named as the river flows northeast in much part of modern Anhui (especially Wuhu, which is an important crossing), and the north of Yangtze River also lies the west.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 江 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 江 (9) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II IV
Fanqie 古雙切 先稽切
Baxter kaewng sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠʌŋ/ /sei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚɔŋ/ /sei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɔŋ/ /sɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kaɨwŋ/ /sɛj/
Li
Rong 		/kɔŋ/ /sei/
Wang
Li 		/kɔŋ/ /siei/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kɔŋ/ /siei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiāng xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gong1 sai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 江 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiāng xī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kæwng › ‹ sej ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kˁroŋ/ /*s-nˁər/
English (Yangzi) river west

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 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3995 13236
Phonetic
component 		工 西
Rime
group 		東 微
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		江 西
Old
Chinese 		/*kroːŋ/ /*sɯːl/

Proper noun

江西

  1. (～省) Jiangxi (a province of China)
  2. (historical) region to the north of Yangtze River; sometimes includes the Central Plains (as opposed to 江東／江东 (Jiāngdōng)).

Synonyms

  • (abbreviation) 贛／赣 (gàn)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Thai: กังไส (gang-sǎi, “Jingdezhen porcelain”) (via Min Nan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江 西
こう
Grade: S 		せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

江(こう)西(せい) • (Kōsei) 

  1. Jiangxi

Korean

Hanja in this term
江西

Proper noun

江西 • (Gangseo) (hangeul 강서)

  1. hanja form? of 강서 (“Jiangxi; Gangseo”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
江西

Proper noun

江西

  1. chữ Hán form of Giang Tây (“Jiangxi”).
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