韓江

See also: 韩江

Chinese

		(South) Korea; surname	river
trad. (韓江)		韓	江
simp. (韩江)		韩	江

Etymology

Named in honor of Han Yu (韓愈), who extirpated the crocodiles during his exile to the region.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hánjiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ gong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Hân-kang

(Teochew, Peng'im): hang⁵ gang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hánjiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hánjiang
  - Wade–Giles: Han²-chiang¹
  - Yale: Hán-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Harnjiang
  - Palladius: Ханьцзян (Xanʹczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁴ gong¹
  - Yale: hòhn gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hân-kang
  - Tâi-lô: Hân-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hankafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /han²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /han²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hang⁵ gang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâng kang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/

Proper noun

韓江

Han River (in Guangdong, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (韓江):

→ Japanese: 韓(かん)江(こう) (Kankō)
→ Korean: 한강(韓江) (Han'gang)

See also

漢江／汉江 (Hànjiāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
韓	江
かん Grade: S	こう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 韓江 / 韩江 (Hánjiāng).

Proper noun

韓(かん)江(こう) • (Kankō)

Han River (in Guangdong, China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
韓	江

Proper noun

韓江 • (Han'gang or McCune-Reischauer: Han'gang or Yale: Hankang) (hangeul 한강)

hanja form^? of 한강 (“Han River”)