蔣
Jiǎng

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

將
將 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaŋ
ʔsaŋʔ

說文解字

苽蔣也。从艸將聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蒋 jiǎng, jiāng surname Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 将 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蔣.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

将
将 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng will

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode