江西 (Jiāng xī) — Jiangxi Province (in southeastern China)

Definition

noun

Jiangxi Province (in southeastern China)

江西。
Jiāng xī Shì zhōng guó dōng nán bù de yí gè shěng fèn.
Jiangxi is a province in southeastern China.
江西。
Wǒ qù nián qù guò Jiāng xī lǚ yóu.
I went to Jiangxi for a trip last year.
江西。
Jiāng xī Yǒu fēng fù de zì rán zī yuán.
Jiangxi has abundant natural resources.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵工江

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

工gōng江jiāng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

江 puts 氵, the water side, beside 工, which gives a sound; the water part points to its river meaning.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.