Pinyin "jiang1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "jiang1" is split up into two parts: "ji" and "ang1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ji"

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ang1"

In front of the anglepod.

Characters pronounced jiang1

将

將

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])

江

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

river / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

江 = 工 + 氵 : A rive has flooded the area around the anglepod, but Joan of Arc was able to save herself on a makeshift raft made of a steel beam and a lot of empty bottles to make it float. She's floating just in front of the anglepod.

江

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

surname Jiang

畺

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

old variant of 疆[jiang1]

畺 = 三 + 田 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: if you rotate the character by 90 degrees, it looks just like a wire mesh fence.

Joan of Arc (ji) planted two fields (田) of coordinate systems (三) in front of the anglepod (ang1). To protect her fields she puts a wire mesh fence (畺) around each of them.

疆

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

border / boundary

疆 = 土 + 弓 + 畺 : Joan of Arc (ji) is upgrading her wire mesh fence (畺) in front of the anglepod (ang1). She uses clay (土) to fix composite bows (弓) on top of the fence so that anyone who tries to cross the border (疆) can be actively attacked.

姜

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

surname Jiang

姜 = 女 + 羊 : Joan of Arc is feeding a sheep some ginger in front of the anglepod, when suddenly Bessie Coleman appears out of nowhere, steals the ginger and eats it herself.

姜

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

variant of 薑|姜[jiang1]

姜 = 女 + 羊 : Joan of Arc is feeding a sheep some ginger in front of the anglepod, when suddenly Bessie Coleman appears out of nowhere, steals the ginger and eats it herself.

姜

薑

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

ginger

姜 = 女 + 羊 : Joan of Arc is feeding a sheep some ginger in front of the anglepod, when suddenly Bessie Coleman appears out of nowhere, steals the ginger and eats it herself.

浆

漿

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

broth / serum / to starch

僵

殭

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

variant of 僵[jiang1]

僵 = 亻 + 畺 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are wrestling inside a fenced (畺) arena in front of the anglepod (ang1). They are both lying on the ground in a complete deadlock (僵): neither of them can move, and they are lying completely rigid (僵).

僵

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

rigid / deadlock / stiff (corpse)