江

creek; inlet; bay

6 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 704.

Readings

え (kun reading): 江戸時代 (えどじだい) Edo period (1603-1868); 江戸幕府 (えどばくふ) Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
コウ (on reading): 江上 (こうじょう) (on the) bank of a large river; 白村江の戦い (はくそんこうのたたかい) Battle of Baekgang (663)
Read as a whole word: 近江 (おうみ) Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture); 遠江 (とおとうみ) Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture); 近江牛 (おうみぎゅう) Omi beef

江戸時代 (えどじだい) Edo period (1603-1868)
江戸幕府 (えどばくふ) Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
江戸 (えど) Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo)
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)
入り江 (いりえ) inlet
江上 (こうじょう) (on the) bank of a large river
白村江の戦い (はくそんこうのたたかい) Battle of Baekgang (663)
江湖 (こうこ) the public
三角江 (さんかくこう) estuary
浙江大学 (せっこうだいがく) Zhejiang University
近江 (おうみ) Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
遠江 (とおとうみ) Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
近江牛 (おうみぎゅう) Omi beef
近江令 (おうみりょう) Ōmi Code (668 A.D.)
近江泥棒伊勢乞食 (おうみどろぼういせこじき) merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites)
江湖 (ごうこ) Zen disciples
江原道 (カンウォンド) Gangwon-do (South Korea)
漢江の奇跡 (ハンガンのきせき) Miracle on the Han River (rapid economic growth in South Korea following the Korean War)
江蘇大学 (チャンスーだいがく) Jiangsu University

76 words in all.