疆 jiāng border
border; boundary; frontier
怎么记住“疆”: 弓 bow + 土 earth + 畺 field borders = border. Holding a toy bow, the boy climbs a mound of earth between the field borders and waves to the kids on the other side of the border.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
疆 = 弓 bow + 土 earth + 畺 field borders
- 弓 bow sound
- 土 earth meaning
- 畺 field borders sound
Holding a toy bow, the boy climbs a mound of earth between the field borders and waves to the kids on the other side of the border.
How it came to be
The bronze form shows only a bow beside the field borders, the part that gives the sound; earth, which gives the meaning, came later.
用法
- Boundary/frontier/territory: 边疆 (biānjiāng) the borderlands/frontier, 疆域 (jiāngyù) territory, 疆界 (jiāngjiè) a boundary.
- 无疆 (wújiāng) means boundless: 万寿无疆 (wànshòu-wújiāng) 'boundless longevity'. Also the byname of Xinjiang (新疆).