江東

See also: 江东

Chinese

river east
trad. (江東) 江 東
simp. (江东) 江 东
anagram 東江／东江
Literally: “east of the river”.

Etymology

Between Wuhu and Nanjing, the Yangtze River flows north to south. The east side of the river is on the southern bank.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 江 東
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 江 (9) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 古雙切 德紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠʌŋ/ /tuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚɔŋ/ /tuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɔŋ/ /tuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kaɨwŋ/ /təwŋ/
Li
Rong		 /kɔŋ/ /tuŋ/
Wang
Li		 /kɔŋ/ /tuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kɔŋ/ /tuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiāng dōng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 江 東
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiāng dōng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kæwng › ‹ tuwng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kˤroŋ/ /*tˤoŋ/ (< *tˤoŋʔ ?)
English (Yangzi) river east

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 東
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3995 2435
Phonetic
component		 工 東
Rime
group		 東 東
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 江 東
Old
Chinese		 /*kroːŋ/ /*toːŋ/
Notes 種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽，參敕字陳字注

Proper noun

江東

  1. (literary) the south bank of the Yangtze River between Wuhu and Nanjing

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江 東
こう
Grade: S		 とう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

江東 (hiragana こうとう, rōmaji Kōtō)

  1. Kōtō ward in Tokyo
  2. Jiangdong District in Zhejiang
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