Ideographic: A bow 弓 and arrow 土 used to defend a border 畺; 畺 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for jiāng:

  • - border
  • - boundaryXinjiang
  • - Uighur autonomous region 新疆维吾尔自治区 border area
  • - borderland
  • - frontier
  • - frontier regionterritorybattlefieldborder region
  • - regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times)