赣

灨/贑/贛

gàn

夂 + 章 + 贡

Definitions

gàn variant of 贛|赣[gàn]

gàn abbr. for Jiangxi Province 江西省[jiāng xī shěng]; Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省[jiāng xī shěng]

Etymology

Depicts a person with outstretched hands (丮) holding a jade ornament (章). The 贝 (shell) component was later added to clarify the original meaning. Based on the original meaning "to bestow". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Simplified form of 贛.

Semantic: 夂 Phonetic: 贡

About

赣 (gàn) is the official abbreviation for Jiangxi Province and the name of its main river. The simplified character combines 章 (zhāng) on the left and 贡 (gòng) on the right, while the traditional form 贛 uses the unsimplified 貢. Its origin is unrelated to its modern use: it originally depicted a person with outstretched hands (丮) holding a jade ornament (章), and later a shell (贝) was added to clarify 'to bestow.' Its modern use is a phonetic loan; it appears almost exclusively in proper nouns, regional terms, and place names related to Jiangxi.

Etymology Hide

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

江西省简称赣。

Jiāngxī Shěng jiǎnchēng Gàn.

Jiangxi Province is abbreviated as Gan.

我想去赣旅游。

Wǒ xiǎng qù Gàn lǚyóu.

I want to travel to Jiangxi.

我的同学是赣州人。

Wǒ de tóngxué shì Gànzhōu rén.

My classmate is from Ganzhou.

赣江是长江的支流。

Gàn Jiāng shì Cháng Jiāng de zhīliú.

The Gan River is a tributary of the Yangtze River.

赣南盛产脐橙。

Gànnán shèngchǎn qíchéng.

Southern Jiangxi is abundant in navel oranges.

庐山位于江西省赣北。

Lú Shān wèiyú Jiāngxī Shěng Gàn běi.

Mount Lu is located in northern Jiangxi Province.

赣剧是江西的传统戏曲。

Gànjù shì Jiāngxī de chuántǒng xìqǔ.

Gan opera is a traditional opera of Jiangxi.

由于赣江的水位上涨，航运受到了影响。

Yóuyú Gàn Jiāng de shuǐwèi shàngzhǎng, hángyùn shòudàole yǐngxiǎng.

Due to the rising water level of the Gan River, shipping has been affected.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: 夂

Component: 章

Component: 贡

赣