This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コウ、え
Romaji: kou, e
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: くん、とうみ、み、りえ
Romaji: kun, toumi, mi, rie
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

creek, inlet, bay

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  704
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-3
Korean Reading:  gang
Chinese Reading:  jiang1
Unicode:  6c5f
JIS:  393E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 221
Nelson Index: 2491
New Nelson Index: 3045
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a3.8
Four Corner Index: 3111.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1244
Gakken Index: 517
Japanese Names Index: 252
Daikanwanjiten Index: 17140
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0917
Remembering the kanji Index: 139
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1458
Kodansha Compact Index: 1160
Kanji in Context Index: 905
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 162
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 195
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 141
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 148
Essential Kanji Index: 994
Kodansha Kanji Index: 257
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 372
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1085

Words

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inlet; bay
江戸 (えど)
old name of Tokyo
入り江 (いりえ)
inlet; cove; creek; bay
江戸城 (えどじょう)
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
江村 (こうそん)
village along a (large) river
(こう)
large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
堀江 (ほりえ)
canal
長江 (ちょうこう)
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
江上 (こうじょう)
(on the) bank of a large river
江頭 (こうとう)
riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)
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