疆 (goeng1 | jiang1) : boundary

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疆

goeng1

jiang1

boundary; border; frontier; territory

Don't confuse with:
彊

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: 田 (#102)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

疆

This word has been viewed 4472 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:08

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邊疆 bin1 goeng1 bian1 jiang1 = border area

邊疆居民 bin1 goeng1 geoi1 man4 bian1 jiang1 ju1 min2 = frontierman, frontiersman

萬壽無疆 maan6 sau6 mou4 goeng1 wan4 shou4 wu2 jiang1 = (used to be said to emperors) to be immortal; of one's years to be boundless

疆界 goeng1 gaai3 jiang1 jie4 = border; boundary

疆土 goeng1 tou2 jiang1 tu3 = territory

疆域 goeng1 wik6 jiang1 yu4 = domain; territory

亞塞拜疆 aa3 coi3 baai3 goeng1 ya3/4 (Taiwan/PRC) sai4 bai4 jiang1 = Azerbaijan

阿塞拜疆 aa3 coi3 baai3 goeng1 a1 sai4 bai4 jiang1 = Azerbaijan

新疆 san1 goeng1 xin1 jiang1 = Xinjiang (Uygur Autonomous Region)

疆場 goeng1 coeng4 jiang1 chang3 = battlefield
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Decimal representation of this word: 疆
Unicode code for this character: U+7586 (off-site link)

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