Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

(surname); ginger; ginger

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “jiang” becomes a different word in each tone. 姜 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 生姜shēng jiāngfresh ginger
  • 干姜gān jiāngdried ginger
  • 姜黄jiāng huángturmeric
  • 黄姜huáng jiāngturmeric
  • 洋姜yáng jiāngJerusalem artichoke

Example Sentence

做鱼汤的时候放几片姜可以去腥。Zuò yú tāng de shí hou fàng jǐ piàn jiāng kě yǐ qù xīng.Adding a few slices of ginger when making fish soup removes the fishy smell.

Zuòto makefish (CL:条,尾)tāngsoupdeof时候shí houtimefàngto putsmall tablepiàndiskjiāngginger可以kě yǐcanto goxīngfishy (smell)