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疆

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border; boundary

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
19
Radical
田 +14
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
疆
Common rank
#2,243
Unicode
U+7586

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Formation & memory

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How 疆 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A bow 弓 and arrow 土 used to defend a border 畺; 畺 also provides the pronunciation

Components 弓 土 畺

How to remember it

dividing line · Heisig RSH #2272

弓 bow + 土 soil + family feud

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 疆

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WordPinyinMeaning
新疆生产建设兵团 Xīn jiāng Shēng chǎn Jiàn shè Bīng tuán Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), …
新疆维吾尔自治区 Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qū Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4] (short…
滨海边疆区 Bīn hǎi Biān jiāng qū Primorsky Krai (Russian territory whose administrative center is Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克)
边疆区 biān jiāng qū krai (Russian administrative territory)
新疆手抓饭 Xīn jiāng shǒu zhuā fàn Xinjiang-style pilaf, made with lamb
万寿无疆 wàn shòu wú jiāng may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom); long may you live
阿塞拜疆 Ā sài bài jiāng Azerbaijan
开疆拓土 kāi jiāng tuò tǔ (idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands; (fig.) to expand one's business i…
大疆 Dà jiāng DJI, Chinese technology company
海疆 hǎi jiāng coastal border region
开疆 kāi jiāng to pioneer a frontier area; to open up new territory
南疆 Nán jiāng Southern Xinjiang
南疆 nán jiāng southern border (of a country)
新疆 Xīn jiāng see 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
新疆歌鸲 Xīn jiāng gē qú (bird species of China) common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
东疆 Dōng jiāng East Xinjiang
疆场 jiāng chǎng battlefield
北疆 Běi jiāng northern Xinjiang (north of the Tian Shan mountains 天山[Tian1 Shan1])
北疆 běi jiāng northern frontier
疆土 jiāng tǔ territory