Read Edit View history Discussion 姜嫄 jiāngyuán Jiang Yuan Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 姜嫄 jiāngyuán Jiang Yuan Ancient mythological figure and consort of Emperor Ku; legend says she became pregnant after stepping in a giant's footprint and gave birth to Houji, the ancestor of the Zhou dynasty. Edit Delete References Add reference variant 姜嫄/姜嫄 → 姜原/姜原 Edit Delete see 嫄/嫄 → 姜嫄/姜嫄 Edit Delete
姜嫄 jiāngyuán Jiang Yuan Ancient mythological figure and consort of Emperor Ku; legend says she became pregnant after stepping in a giant's footprint and gave birth to Houji, the ancestor of the Zhou dynasty. Edit Delete